Greenhouse Effect

___ is a change in global climate patterns.

• energy balance

• climate change

• greenhouse effect

• greenhouse gases

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___ is the balance between incoming solar radiation and the radiation emitted from the earth's atmosphere.

• climate change

• greenhouse effect

• greenhouse gases

• energy balance

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___ are gases that trap heat in the atmosphere.

• climate change

• greenhouse gases

• greenhouse effect

• none of these

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___ is the process by which radiation from a planet's atmosphere warms the planet's surface.

• greenhouse gases

• climate change

• greenhouse effect

• global warming

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Check the greenhouse gases.

• carbon dioxide (C02)

• water vapor (H2O)

• methane (CH4)

• chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's)

• Ozone (O3)

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Some ___ ____ is trapped by the atmosphere in a process known as the greenhouse effect.

• solar radiation

• greenhouse gas

• wave particles

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The balancing of incoming & outgoing solar radiation is known as ___.

• greenhouse gases

• greenhouse effect

• Earth's energy balance

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Choose the best answer: What causes a threat to earth's energy balance and leads to global climate change?

• burning fossil fuels

• cutting down forests

• farming livestock

• all of these

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What is NOT a natural factor in climate change?

• earth's orbit and tilt

• solar output

• human activity

• volcanic activity

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What do you notice when you get into a car that has been sitting in the Sun for a while?

• the car is hot

• the car is cold

• the car is not affected

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