6.3.4 The Greenhouse Effect

What is the greenhouse effect?

• When you build a glass house and it helps keep your plants alive.

• When the sun radiates its energy to the earth.

• When the inside of your house is full of green plants.

• When the sun's heat is absorbed by gases in the atmosphere.

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What does the greenhouse effect do?

• Keeps the earth cool.

• Keeps the earth warm.

• Keeps the earth from getting too much dust.

• Helps the earth be cleaner.

What are some of the gases in our atmosphere that help contribute to the greenhouse effect. (Choose all that apply.)

• Water vapor (H2O)

• Helium (He)

• Methane (CH4)

• Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

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Can our planet survive without greenhouse gases?

• Yes

• No

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Are greenhouse gases a man-made or a natural phenomenon?

• Man-made phenomenon

• Natural phenomenon

What is the average surface temperature of our earth?

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What percentage of solar radiation reaches the earth's surface?

• 100%

• 30%

• 70%

• 5%

What are some of the greenhouse gases in earth's atmosphere that absorb some of the radiation from the sun? (Click all that apply)

• CH4

• He

• H2O

• CO2

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Without greenhouse gases, most of the sun's energy would be radiated back out into ___________.

• the ground.

• space.

• the atmosphere.

• a box.

Venus' atmosphere is much thicker than the earth's, therefore its temperature is _____ _______ than the earth's.

• much hotter

• much better

• much colder

• much wetter