Climate Change Check 1

What are greenhouse gases?

• gases that cause climate change
• gases that emit green smoke
• gases that are used to make green colored glass

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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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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

The average temperature of the surface of Earth has increased approximately 1°C in the past century. Which reason best explains this increase in temperature?

• lower levels of ozone in the atmosphere
• lower levels of nitrogen in the atmosphere
• higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
• higher levels of oxygen in the atmosphere

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Which of the following have been linked to climate change?  

• droughts
• flooding
• melting of polar ice caps
• all of the above

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Which is a primary energy source used by power plants to generate electricity?

• coal
• wood
• gasoline
• batteries

The main human activity that releases greenhouse gases is

• using bottled water
• burning fossil fuels
• texting on cellphones
• eating meat

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Carbon is stored in

• Trees and other living things
• Oceans
• underground in soil and fossil fuels
• All are correct

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The second layer of the atmosphere up from Earth, where the ozone layer is that protects us from harmful UV rays, is the

• thermosphere
• stratosphere
• troposphere
• mesosphere

Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?

• Carbon dioxide CO₂
• Methane CH₄
• Water vapor
• Nitrogen N₂

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Earth is currently experiencing

• a warming trend

• a period of unchanging climate

• a cooling trend

• an ice age

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