Greenhouse effect

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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Melting of glaciers and polar ice caps....

• will result in cooler temperatures in the Arctic
• will result in sea-levels rising
• Will have no effect on ecosystems
• None of the above

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Which of the following are greenhouse gases?

• Carbon dioxide
• Methane
• Water vapor
• All answers are correct

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Without the Greenhouse Effect the Earth would be

• warm 
• cold
• dead

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Which of the following gases, released by animals as a waste product of digestion, can add to global warming?

• Carbon Dioxide
• Methane
• Chlorofluorocarbon
• Nitrogen

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Increased carbon dioxide may cause global warming by

• allowing more sunlight into the atmosphere.
• reflecting more sunlight from clouds.
• reducing the amount of oxygen in the air.   
• trapping more heat in the atmosphere.

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Which of the following does NOT happen to solar energy when it reaches Earth?

• Some solar energy reflects off the atmosphere, back to space

• Some solar energy passes through Earth and comes out the other side

• Some solar energy is absorbed by land and water

• Some solar energy is radiated from the Earth's surface and trapped by the atmosphere

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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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Where weather happens and GHgases trap heat

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

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Methane is naturally produced by

• decomposition

• volcanic eruptions

• denitrification

• evapotranspiration

• forest fires