Greenhouse effect

The gradual increase in the temperature of the atmosphere is known as ____

• climate change

• the greenhouse effect.

• global warming.

• weather

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Which of the following gases found in our atmosphere is not a greenhouse gas?

• carbon dioxide

• water vapor

• methane

• nitrogen

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Over the past 200 years, the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has

• decreased slightly.

• increased steadily.

• stayed about the same

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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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What do scientists think the effect will be of having more greenhouse gases in our atmosphere?

• More warming of the atmosphere
• More cooling of the atmosphere
• More air in the atmosphere
• Less air in the atmosphere

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What do humans do that releases greenhouse gases into the atmosphere?

• Burn fossil fuels (like gas and coal)
• Build cement buildings
• Ride bikes and use solar energy
• Compete in the Olympics

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Which natural process removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

• forest fires
• volcanic eruptions
• cellular respiration
• photosynthesis

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How does the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere affect climate?

• As carbon dioxide concentrations increase, temperatures increase
• As carbon dioxide concentration increase, temperatures decrease.
• Carbon dioxide concentrations have no affect on climate
• As carbon dioxide concentrations increase, temperatures become more random.

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Visible light reaches Earth’s surface while infrared light is trapped as heat. Which characteristic of Earth’s atmosphere causes this to happen?

• the hole in the ozone
• the greenhouse effect
• atmospheric pressure
• the inversion layer

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Some greenhouse gases are naturally present in the Earth's atmosphere

• True
• False

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