Carbonization Quiz

Which of the following are greenhouse gases?

• Carbon dioxide

• Methane

• Water vapor

• All answers are correct

The Earth acts like a greenhouse that catches and traps heat from the sun.

• true

• false

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

• Temperature goes up

• Temperature goes down

True or False: All of the radiation from the Sun is absorbed by the Earth

• True

• False

The gas that is most abundant in the atmosphere is

• oxygen

• nitrogen

• carbon dioxide

• argon

The gas that is the second most abundant in the atmosphere is

• oxygen

• nitrogen

• carbon dioxide

• argon

Which of the following does NOT happen to solar energy when it reaches Earth?

• Some solar energy reflects off the atmosphere, back to space

• Some solar energy passes through Earth and comes out the other side

• Some solar energy is absorbed by land and water

• Some solar energy is radiated from the Earth's surface and trapped by the atmosphere

How is the greenhouse effect produced?

• When solar energy passes through the atmosphere.

• When some solar energy is reflected back to earth by gases in the atmosphere.

• The warming of the globe from heat trapped in man-made greehouses..

• When the sun doesn't emit radiation.

Which gas does NOT contain carbon atoms?

• carbon dioxide

• ammonia

• calcium carbonate

• methane

When humans burn fossil fuels, most of the carbon quickly enters the                       as carbon dioxide.

• Water

• Atmosphere

• Sun

• Clouds