Global Warming/Climate Change

Trees are so important to our environment because they absorb which greenhouse gas?

• methane

• carbon dioxide

• oxygen

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Greenhouse gases are important to our planet's survival because...

• They create a natural cooling effect that keeps us from burning up.

• They fuel the cars we drive.

• They create oxygen which we need to breathe.

• They keep our earth warm so we can sustain life.

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Why are too many greenhouse gases bad for the environment?

• They cause trees to die.

• They release heat and will be the cause of the next ice age.

• They trap heat in our atmosphere causing the planet to warm up.

• They are fossil fuels which pollute our environment.

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Oil, gasoline and coal are all examples of this type of fuel.

• natural gases

• fossil fuels

• alternative fuels

• bio-fuels

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Which layer of our atmosphere is being destroyed causing our sun to do more damage to our skin.

• ozone

• mesosphere

• exosphere

• troposphere

What is global warming?

• a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere.

• a change in global or regional climate patterns

• the cycle of processes by which water circulates between the earth's oceans, atmosphere, and land.

• The action of clearing a wide area of trees.

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Why does cutting down trees increase global warming?

• trees soak up carbon dioxide
• trees provide shade which counteracts global warming
• trees absorbs the sun's energy without radiating back into the atmosphere
• trees drain greenhouse gases like methane from soil

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Without the Greenhouse Effect the Earth would be too

• warm 
• cold
• dead
• funny

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Burning fossil fuels is one of the main causes for global warming.

• True
• False

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As global warming continues, the intensity of what type of storm that hits coastlines is predicted to increase?

• Volcanic eruptions

• Hurricanes

• Tsunamis

• Earthquakes

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