Biology Unit 3 Review - Climate

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

• warmer
• cooler

What are the main greenhouse gases?

• carbon dioxide, oxygen, water vapor, nitrous oxide, methane

• carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, water vapor, sulfur dioxide

• methane, water vapor, carbon dioxide, oxygen

• methane, water vapor, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide

Gases in the Earth's troposphere retaining the infrared radiation and warming the Earth is referred to as:

• Climate Change

• Permafrost Melt

• Ozone Depletion

• Greenhouse Effect

Increased carbon dioxide may cause global warming by trapping more ____________ in the atmosphere.

• water
• gases
• heat
• water vapor

Energy from the sun is called ___.

• radiation

• conduction

• convection

Which of the following are greenhouse gases?

• Carbon dioxide

• Methane

• Water vapor

• All answers are correct

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

• Temperature goes up
• Temperature goes down

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.

I am found in the layer of the Stratosphere and protects us from ultra violet radiation. *Rays bounce back into outer space.

• Ultraviolet Radiation

• Ozone Layer

• Magnosphere

• Thermosphere

Harmful rays of radiation from the sun that causes skin cancer, eye damage, and sunburn

• Ozone Layer

• U.V. Rays AKA Ultraviolet Radiation

• Electromagnetic Radiation

• Sunlight