Atmosphere and Greenhouse Effect

The layer of the atmosphere where all the weather on earth takes place

• Stratosphere

• Troposphere

• Thermosphere

• Mesosphere

Where does the troposphere receive the majority of its heat energy?

• The energy that is leaving the earth

• The incoming energy coming from the sun

• Energy left over from the oceans

• Energy from the statosphere

What is the composition of the atmosphere?

• mostly oxygen, then nitrogen, then carbon dioxide and other trace gases

• mostly carbon dioxide, then nitrogen, then oxygen and other trace gases

• mostly carbon dioxide, then oxygen, then nitrogen and other trace gases

• Mostly nitrogen, then oxygen, then carbon dioxide and other trace gases

What is the difference between the incoming energy from the sun and the outgoing energy from the earth?

• The sun's energy comes in shorter wavelengths and higher energy, and the earth's energy leaves in longer wavelengths and lower energy

• The sun's energy comes in longer wavelengths and higher energy, and the earth's energy leaves in shorter wavelengths and lower energy

• The sun's energy comes in shorter wavelengths and lower energy, and the earth's energy leaves in longer wavelengths and higher energy

• Both the sun and earth's energy comes and goes in longer wavelengths and higher energy

Which layer of the atmosphere has the most mass of the atmosphere in it, including the greenhouse gases

• Thermosphere

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

• Troposphere

How does the greenhouse effect act like a greenhouse?

• All of the sun's incoming energy easily passes through the glass panels and all of the earth's outgoing energy also easily passes through the glass panel warming the greenhouse.

• All the sun's incoming energy easily passes through the glass panels and most of the earth's outgoing energy is absorbed by the glass panel warming the greenhouse.

• All the sun's incoming energy gets absorbed by the glass panels and most of the earth's outgoing energy easily passes through the glass panel warming the greenhouse.

• All the sun's incoming energy is reflected by the glass panels and most of the earth's outgoing energy easily passes through the glass panel warming the greenhouse.

Greenhouse gases make up

• a very small part of the atmosphere

• a very large part of the atmosphere

• about half of the atmosphere

• about 30% of the atmosphere

The most abundant greenhouse gas in the atmosphere is

• Carbon Dioxide

• Methane

• Nitrous Oxide

• Water vabor

Greenhouse gases are defined as gases in the atmosphere that can

• absorb high energy incoming solar radiation and re-radiate that energy in every direction warming the earth

• reflect high energy incoming solar radiation and re-radiate that energy back into space warming the earth

• absorb lower infrared radiation from the earth and re-radiate that energy in every direction warming the earth

• absorb high energy incoming solar radiation protecting life from harmful effects

How are greenhouse gases different than other gases in the atmosphere?

• greenhouse gases allow incoming solar radiation from the sun to enter the atmosphere and the other gases do not

• greenhouse gases absorb outgoing heat energy from the earth and the other gases do not

• greenhouse gases absorb incoming solar radiation from the sun and the other gases do not

• greenhouse gases and the other gases both absorb outgoing heat energy from the earth.