greenhouse gases

What are the two most common greenhouse gases?

• Water Vapor (H₂O) and Methane (CH₄)
• Carbon Dioxide CO₂ and Methane (CH₄)
• Water Vapor (H₂O) and Carbon Dioxide CO₂
• Water Vapor (H₂O) and Nitrous oxide (N₂O)

Which layer in the atmosphere protects us form harmful UV radiation?

• Ozone
• Troposphere
• Ionosphere
• Exosphere

What results from livestock and other agricultural practices and by the decay of organic waste in municipal solid waste landfills?

• Carbon Dioxide

• Methane

• Water Vapor

• Fluorinated Gases

• Nitrous Oxide

Which of the following are greenhouse gases?

• Carbon dioxide
• Methane
• Water vapor
• All answers are correct

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What type of waves get trapped inside the greenhouse?

• Sunlight
• Ultraviolet
• Microwaves
• Infrared

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

These gases are typically emitted in smaller quantities, but because they are potent greenhouse gases, they are sometimes referred to as High Global Warming Potential gases ("High GWP gases").

• Fluorinated Gases

• Methane

• Carbon Dioxide

• Nitrous Oxide

• Water Vapor

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Accounts for 81.6% of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions from human activities.

• Water Vapor

• Fluorinated Gases

• Carbon Dioxide

• Methane

• Nitrous Oxide

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

_______ is removed from the atmosphere when it is absorbed by certain types of bacteria or destroyed by ultraviolet radiation or chemical reactions.

• Fluorinated Gases

• Water Vapor

• Carbon Dioxide

• Nitrous Oxide

• Methane

Which layer of the atmosphere do we live in?

• Troposphere
• Stratosphere
• Thermosphere
• Ionosphere

Melting of glaciers and polar ice caps....

• will result in cooler temperatures in the Arctic
• will result in sea-levels rising
• Will have no effect on ecosystems
• None of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4