Greenhouse Effect (NLC)

What is the main form of energy that is transmitted from the sun to the Earth?

• Infrared energy

• Mechanical energy

• Light and ultraviolet radiation

• Kinetic Energy

What are examples of greenhouse gases?

• Oxygen, nitrogen, argon

• Nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide, methane

• Potential and Kinetic Energy

• Protons, neutrons, electrons

What is the impact of natural greenhouse gases on Earth and the environment?

• They produce oxygen

• They supply water to all living organisms on Earth

• They are responsible for cloud formation

• They keep the temperature of the atmosphere in a range that allows life to exist

The following are weather effects that are caused by the Earth absorbing energy form the sun, EXCEPT

• Earthquake

• Storms

• Wind

• Land and Sea Breezes

What is the term for the natural warming of the Earth that results when gases in the atmosphere trap heat?

• Global Warming

• Greenhouse Effect

• Forest Fires

• Cyclone