Greenhouse Gas Practice

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

Without the Greenhouse Effect the Earth would be

• warm 
• cold
• dead

What is the greenhouse effect?

• The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.
• The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.
• The heating of a solid, such as a rock.

Cutting down large forests (deforestation) can result in:

• little to no changes

• more homes for animals

• less plants to absorb carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas

 Which of the following activities contributes the most to carbon emissions globally?

• Deforestation
• Agriculture
• Burning fossil fuels
• Respiration

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.

Increased carbon dioxide may cause global warming by

• allowing more sunlight into the atmosphere.
• reflecting more sunlight from clouds.
• reducing the amount of oxygen in the air.   
• trapping more heat in the atmosphere.

Which of the following is the best conclusion that can be made from this graph?

• atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have been decreasing since 1960
• Hawaii has a lot of carbon dioxide
• humans have been working hard to decrease carbon dioxide levels
• atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have increased steadily since 1960

Which of the following is contributing to an INCREASE in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

• deforestation

• photosynthesis

• oceans

• all of the above

• the loss of animal species