Greenhouse Gases

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.

Greenhouses are used to grow plants.

• True

• False

A greenhouse stays warm inside, even during the winter.

• TRUE
• FALSE
• 50/50
• YES
• NO

What is the atmosphere?

• layer of dirt below the ground

• layer of water at the bottom of the ocean

• layer of air around the Earth

• layer of air inside a greenhouse

What is the mixture of gases surrounding the Earth called?

• carbon
• concentration
• atmosphere
• emissions

What is Earth's atmosphere made of?

Which of the following are greenhouse gases?

• Carbon dioxide

• Methane

• Nitrogen Oxide

• All answers are correct

The gas molecules that cause the Earth's greenhouse effect are all of the following except

• carbon dioxide

• water vapor

• methane

• nitrous oxide

• oxygen

T/F: Water vapor is a greenhouse gas

• True
• False

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

• Carbon Dioxide
• Methane
• Chlorofluorocarbon
• Nitrogen