atmosphere and climate change

The impact on the planet due to global warming is called...

• climate change
• the seasons
• the weather
• natural change

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Any amount of CO₂ (Carbon Dioxide) in the atmosphere is bad for our planet.

• True
• False

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The conditions in an area over a long period of time?

• Climate
• Weather

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Changes from minute-to-minute, hour-to-hour, day-to-day

• Climate
• Weather

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Increasing quantities of CO₂ (Carbon Dioxide) in the atmosphere will cause air temperatures to be _____. 

• warmer
• cooler

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Climate change causes extreme weather conditions such as:

• Flooding
• Heat Waves
• Hurricanes
• All of the above

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Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?

• Carbon dioxide CO₂
• Methane CH₄
• Water vapor
• Nitrogen N₂

Which human activity contributes the MOST carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?

• Fishing
• Breathing
• Burning Fossil Fuels
• Farming

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Floating sea ice melts...

• and causes sea levels to rise because it adds water to the ocean.

• but does not cause sea levels to rise because the ice displaces the same amount of ocean water as the melted ice would displace.

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Possible human solutions for limiting global warming and climate change are...

• being more energy-efficient

• using renewable sources of energy

• removing carbon from fossil fuel emissions

• all of the above

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