ESB Unit 4 Review

What does a greenhouse gas do to Earth's atmosphere?

• Reflects heat into space

• Traps heat to Earth

• Increases oxygen content

• Cools the air

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How does burning fossil fuels change the climate?

• Increases greenhouse gases

• Changes intensity of the sun

• Changes the tilt of Earth

• Blocks out the sun with gas

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Compared to the equator, what kind of temperatures exist at high latitudes (near 90° N and S)?

• Warmer temps

• Cooler temps

• There is no difference based on latitude

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How does elevation influence an area's climate?

• The higher the elevation, the cooler the temperatures.

• The higher the elevation, the warmer the temperatures.

• Elevation does not affect climate.

Which of the following is NOT a way that humans put carbon dioxide into the atmosphere:

• Burning fossil fuels

• Respiration

• Burning down forests

• Going through photosynthesis

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What do we call the heating of Earth's atmosphere due to gases that trap the heat around the Earth?

• Greenhouse Effect

• Milankovitch Cycle

• Solar Cycle

• Carbon Cycle

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What has carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere done since the industrial revolution?

• Increased

• Decreased

• Not Changed

• Fluctuated

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What do we call a natural fuel made by decomposition of ancient plant matter?

• Fossil Fuel

• Greenhouse Gas

• Climate

• Photosynthetic Matter

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What trend do we see when looking at temperature anomaly data since the industrial revolution?

• Average temperatures trend upward

• Average temperatures trend downward

• Average temperatures do not trend up or down

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What does this graph best demonstrate?

• Observed global temperature change is caused by human factors ONLY

• Observed global temperature change is caused by natural factors ONLY

• Observed global temperature change is caused by both natural and human factors

• Natural and human factors do not play a role in the global temperature change

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