Greenhouse Effect reading quiz

The Earth acts like a greenhouse that catches and traps heat from the sun.

• true
• false

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What happens to the temperature if more greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere?

• Temperature goes up
• Temperature goes down

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Without the Greenhouse Effect the Earth would be

• warm 
• cold
• dead

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True or False: All of the radiation from the Sun is absorbed by the Earth

• True
• False

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What is the greenhouse effect?

• The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.
• The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.
• The heating of a solid, such as a rock.

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The greenhouse effect keeps our Earth a warm and cozy...

• 14 degrees Celsius

• 105 degrees Fahrenheit

• 5 degrees Celsius

• 58 degrees Fahrenheit

How are humans impacting the greenhouse effect?

• By wearing coats and hats in the winter

• By burning fossil fuels

• By building tall buildings that reach the atmosphere

• By creating carbon dioxide

How do plants help reduce the greenhouse effect?

• By taking in carbon dioxide to create oxygen

• By being a giant tree or a tiny phytoplankton

• By giving off oxygen

• By coral bleaching