Greenhouse Gases

Electromagnetic waves that come into the Earth's atmosphere are

• long infrared radiation waves

• short solar radiation (visible light) waves

• long thermal energy waves

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Infrared radiation is (check all that apply)

• thermal (heat) energy

• molecules that absorb heat

• energy that all objects have due to their motion of their atoms/molecules

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What is Earth's atmosphere made of?

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The solar energy (visible light) from the sun is enough energy to keep the Earth warm.

• True

• False

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How does the Earth keep itself warm?

• Sunlight keeps the Earth warm.

• There are heat lamps orbitting above the Earth's atmosphere.

• The greenhouse gases trap the warm air and send it back to the Earth's surface.

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Nitrogen and Oxygen molecules in the atmosphere

• have a lot of movment

• move and shake a lot.

• have little movement

• are the most abundant greenhouse gases

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The gas molecules that cause the Earth's greenhouse effect are all of the following except

• carbon dioxide

• water vapor

• methane

• nitrous oxide

• oxygen

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You would expect Methane to (check all that apply)

• have little movement

• have some movement

• have lots of movement

• have little vibration

• have a lot of vibration

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Burning fossil fuels (check all that apply)

• reacts with oxygen in our environment

• produces more water vapor

• produces more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

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Additional carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases

• reflect long infrared radiation waves out into space

• absorb and re-radiate infrared radiation (heat energy) back to Earth

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