Climate Change Pretest

____________ contributes to the Greenhouse Effect.

• Oxygen

• Carbon Dioxide

• Nitrogen

• Hellium

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Burning fossil fuels releases __________ into the atmosphere.

• oxygen

• carbon monoxide

• hellium

• carbon dioxide

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In the past few decades, the earth's temperature has remained the same.

• True

• False

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Ice sheets in Antartica and Greenland are:

• getting larger in size

• remaining the same size

• getting smaller in size

• are completely gone

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What causes the rise in sea levels around the world?

• melting ice sheets and glaciers

• melting ice sheets and glaciers and the expansion of sea waters as it warms

• sea levels remain constant and do not increase

• hurricanes disrupt sea levels and force them to change

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A greenhouse gas ______________ heat from the sun before it can escape into space.

• eliminates

• neutralizes

• traps

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Which of the following is NOT a fossil fuel?

• oil

• wood

• coal

• natural gas

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Burning fossil fuels releases extra Carbon Dioxide into the Earth's atmosphere.

• True

• False

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Clear cutting forrests for to create farmland or housing is known as: ___________.

• Slash and Burn Farming

• Urban Sprawl

• Deforrestation

• Urbanization

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More CO2 in the atmosphere excelerates the ________________________ and warms the atmosphere.

• Greenhouse Gas

• Global Warming

• Greenhouse Effect

• Carbon Reactions

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