Earth's Energy Budget

T/F: Water vapor is a greenhouse gas

• True
• False

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T/F: Some greenhouse gases are naturally present in the Earth's atmosphere

• True
• False

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

• evaporation
• condensation
• the greenhouse effect
• radiation

Without any greenhouse effect the Earth would be...

• Fine
• Too Cold to Support Life
• Very Hot

Over the past 200 years, the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has

• decreased slightly.   
• increased until recently, and then decreased.
• increased steadily.   
• stayed about the same.

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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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The gas molecules that cause the Earth's greenhouse effect are all of the following except

• carbon dioxide

• water vapor

• methane

• nitrous oxide

• oxygen

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

• Temperature goes up
• Temperature goes down

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What is the atmosphere?

• layer of dirt below the ground

• layer of water at the bottom of the ocean

• layer of air around the Earth

• layer of air inside a greenhouse

This greenhouse gas is made up of carbon and oxygen, and comes from decaying and living organisms (and volcanoes!) This gas is the number 1 contributor to global warming.

• Carbon dioxide (CO2)

• Water Vapor (H2O)

• Methane (CH4)

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