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What gas is increasing in large amounts due to human activities?

• BP
• carbon dioxide
• oxygen
• diesel

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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

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This image demonstrates that

• There is a direct correlation with the atmospheric CO₂ and the CO₂ in seawater

• That pH of the ocean increases as the atmospheric CO₂ increases

• That there is no correlation between pH of the ocean and atmospheric CO₂

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Deforestation causes an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide

• true

• false

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Pound for pound, the comparative impact of CH4 is more than ___ times greater than CO2 over a 100-year period.

• 10

• 15

• 25

• 50

• 100

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In 2016 the combustion of fossil fuels to generate electricity was the largest single source of ____ emissions in the nation.

• Water Vapor

• Carbon Dioxide

• Methane

• Nitrous Oxides

• Fluorinated Gases

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Which of the following puts an enormous amount of carbon in the atmosphere?

• photosynthesis

• burning fossil fuels

• cellular respiration

• decomposition

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What is one way that carbon dioxide can be put back into the atmosphere?

• sunlight

• burning of fossil fuels

• ocean currents

• rain

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Which of the following has shifted the storage of carbon from sediment to the atmosphere?

• Mining of coal

• Combustion of fossil fuels

• Increased occurrence of acid precipitation

• Extraction of crude oil

• Industrial smog

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Which one is an example of Atmosphere and Geosphere?

• A volcano erupts adding Carbon Dioxide to the air.

• Air temperature impacts the evaporation of lakes and streams.

• Plants use essential elements such as water, carbon and nitrogen from the soil.

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