Global Temperatures Assessment

The main human activity that releases greenhouse gases is

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

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The greenhouse gas having the greatest role in human-caused global warming is

• methane
• carbon dioxide
• CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons)
• ozone

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How can global warming cause sea levels to rise? Choose the best answer.

• by causing it to rain more often
• by melting glaciers and ice caps
• by increasing the number of undersea volcanic eruptions
• by creating bigger and more powerful hurricanes

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The gradual increase in the temperature of the atmosphere is known as ________________.

• Greenhouse Effect
• Global Warming
• Carbon Dioxide Gases
• Methane

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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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What happens to the temperature if more greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere?

• Temperature goes up
• Temperature goes down

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The graph below shows CO_2 emissions and temperatures from 1909 to 1949. What can you infer about the relationship between temperature and emissions?

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How is the greenhouse effect produced?

• When solar energy trespasses the atmosphere.

• When some energy is reflected back to earth.

• When the green house is burned.

• When the sun doesn't emit radiation.

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It was hot all week last week.  Is this a sign of climate change?

• Yes
• No

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Human activity is adding additional greenhouse gases to the amount that are in the atmosphere naturally

• True
• False

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