What is the impact of cutting down forests on greenhouse gas emissions?

It increases greenhouse gas emissions

It has no effect on greenhouse gas emissions

It depends on the type of forest

It decreases greenhouse gas emissions

What is the main source of nitrous oxide emissions?

Agricultural technology and fossil fuel burning

What are fluorinated gases?

Greenhouse gases used in aerosol cans and refrigeration

Greenhouse gases released by melting permafrost

Greenhouse gases emitted by volcanoes

Greenhouse gases produced by forest fires

What is the purpose of the greenhouse effect?

To keep Earth's climate comfortable

To protect Earth from the sun's harmful rays

What would happen to surface temperatures without the greenhouse effect?

They would be cooler by about 33 degrees Celsius (60 degrees Fahrenheit)

They would be the same as they are today

They would be warmer by about 33 degrees Celsius (60 degrees Fahrenheit)

What is the role of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)?

To evaluate the risk of climate change caused by human activities

To promote the use of fossil fuels

To lobby governments to take action on climate change

To deny the existence of global warming

What is the current rate of global warming compared to past changes in Earth's temperature?

Happening at about the same rate

What is the impact of global warming on living things?

It is changing faster than some living things can adapt to it

It is not affecting living things at all

It is affecting living things in a positive way

It is affecting living things in a negative way, but they can adapt to it

What is the impact of the greenhouse effect on Earth's climate?

It maintains Earth's climate at a comfortable level

It makes Earth's climate too cold

It has no effect on Earth's climate

It makes Earth's climate too hot

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What is global warming?

A decrease in the average temperature of Earth's landmasses

A rise in the average temperature of Earth's air and oceans

A decrease in the average temperature of Earth's air and oceans

A rise in the average temperature of Earth's landmasses

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What is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)?

A committee of politicians who make decisions related to global warming and climate change

A committee of scientists who review research related to global warming and climate change

A committee of business leaders who profit from global warming and climate change

A committee of activists who protest against global warming and climate change

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What is the main cause of the current rapid warming trend?

Natural cycles of warming and cooling

Changes in the sun's energy output

Human activities

Volcanic activity

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What is the greenhouse effect?

The cooling of Earth's atmosphere by certain gases

The reflection of sunlight by Earth's atmosphere

The absorption of sunlight by Earth's atmosphere

The trapping of heat in Earth's atmosphere by certain gases

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What are greenhouse gases?

Gases that reflect sunlight away from Earth's atmosphere

Gases that absorb sunlight in Earth's atmosphere

Gases that trap heat in Earth's atmosphere

Gases that have no effect on Earth's atmosphere

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Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?

Methane

Nitrogen oxide

Oxygen

Carbon dioxide

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What is the most important greenhouse gas?

Fluorinated gases

Carbon dioxide

Methane

Nitrogen oxide

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Greenhouse Effect

What is global warming?

What is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)?

What is the main cause of the current rapid warming trend?

What is the greenhouse effect?

What are greenhouse gases?

Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?

What is the most important greenhouse gas?

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What is the main source of methane emissions?

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