Atmosphere and Environmental Changes Quiz

Which human activity involves the cutting down and removal of a forest?

• Deforestation

• Urbanization

• Afforestation

• Reforestation

What is the phenomenon in which the Earth's atmosphere traps heat from the sun and warms the planet's surface?

• Ozone effect

• Global warming effect

• Weather

• Greenhouse effect

What is the long-term increase in Earth's average surface temperature due to human activities such as burning fossil fuels and deforestation?

• Planetary movement

• Local warming

• Atmospheric freezing

• Global warming

Which process is responsible for the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere when organic matter decomposes?

• Rusting

• The process responsible for the release of carbon dioxide during organic matter decomposition is called 'decomposition' or 'decomposition process'.

• Photosynthesis

• Gas Exchange

What is the term for the process of converting carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen using sunlight?

• Photosynthesis

• Combustion

• Respiration

• Evaporation

Which human activity is a major contributor to the increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere?

• Planting more trees

• Burning of fossil fuels, such as coal, oil, and natural gas, is a major contributor to the increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

• Reducing industrial emissions

• Burning of plastic waste

Which process is responsible for the breakdown of organic matter and release of nutrients back into the environment?

• Photosynthesis

• Decomposition

• Erosion

• Evaporation

Some organisms do not rot when they die and are turned into fossil fuels. The carbon is _____ __ in the fossil fuels until they are burned.

Many organisms with shells evolved around 600 to 400 million years ago. The shells are made from _____ ______.

The trapping of the Sun’s heat energy in a planet’s atmosphere is called

• greenhouse effect

• deforestation

• global warning

• respiration