Greenhouse Effect / Ozone Layer Quiz

Which of the following does NOT happen to solar energy when it reaches Earth?

• Some solar energy reflects off the particles in the atmosphere

• Some solar energy passes through Earth and comes out the other side

• Some solar energy is absorbed by land and water

• Some solar energy is radiated from the Earth's surface.

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1.  Gases in the atmosphere that help maintain the Earth’s temperatures and climate are__________.

•   ozone gases

•   solar gases

• greenhouse gases 

•   water gases

Where does the sun's energy come from for the greenhouse effect?

• in the atmosphere

• radiated from earth

• directly from the sun

• from the moon

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.
• The trapping of harmful radiation from the sun.

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Without the Greenhouse Effect the Earth would be

• to warm for living things

• to cold for living things

Why is the ozone layer important to earth?

• It warms the earth by trapping heat.

• It keeps harmful UV rays from reaching earth.

• It keeps harmful meteors from earth.

Where is the ozone layer located?

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

Where are greenhouse gases in the atmosphere?

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

Which of the following are greenhouse gases?

• nitrogen and oxygen

• carbon dioxide and water vapor

• oxygen and carbon dioxide

• none of these

What are ozone molecules made of?

• oxygen

• nitrogen

• carbon dioxide

• water vapor

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