Greenhouse Effect

Which is NOT a Greenhouse Gas

• Oxygen

• Water Vapor

• Methane

• Carbon Dioxide

The warming of the atmosphere by the trapping of heat being radiated to space is called

• evaporation
• condensation
• the greenhouse effect
• radiation

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Without any greenhouse effect the Earth would be...

• Fine
• Too Cold to Support Life
• Very Hot

How does the Earth keep itself warm?

• Sunlight keeps the Earth warm.

• There are heat lamps orbitting above the Earth's atmosphere.

• The greenhouse gases trap the warm air and send it back to the Earth's surface.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What happens to the temperature if more greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere?

• Temperature goes up
• Temperature goes down

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Which Greenhouse Gas is found the most in our atmosphere

• Methane

• Oxygen

• Water Vapor

• Carbon Dioxide

What do scientists believe will happen if we do not reduce the number of Greenhouse Gases in the atmosphere

• An Ice Age

• Nothing

• Global Cooling

• Global Warming

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

The diagram represents solar energy that is absorbed by Earth's land and water surfaces and is changed into heat that radiates back into the atmosphere.What is this process called?

• ozone
• radiation
• greenhouse effect
• evaporation

The greenhouse effect is natural.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which of the following adds Greenhouse gases into the atmosphere

• Trees performing photosynthesis

• Clouds reflecting sunlight

• Cow's releasing methane

• Using solar energy