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Visible light reaches Earth’s surface while infrared light is trapped as heat. Which characteristic of Earth’s atmosphere causes this to happen?

• the hole in the ozone
• the greenhouse effect
• atmospheric pressure
• the inversion layer

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The graph shows that the temperature for the past 10,000 years, compared with the previous 400,000 years, has been:

• getting warmer
• staying stable
• getting cooler

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What happens when sunlight hits greenhouse gas molecules?

• quickly cools them, decreasing temperature
• slowly cools them, decreasing tempature
• quickly heats them, increasing temprature
• slowly heats them, increasing temperature

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The process by which gases in the atmosphere absorb and radiate energy as heat back to Earth.

• lake-effect snow

• sublimation

• condensation

• greenhouse effect

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The greenhouse effect is due to

• the absorption and reradiation of infrared radiation by the atmosphere

• the reflection of ultraviolet radiation by the atmosphere

• the absorption of ultraviolet radiation by the atmosphere

• the reflection of infrared radiation from Earth's surface

• the absorption of ultraviolet radiation by Earth

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The Earth acts like a greenhouse that catches and traps heat from the sun.

• true
• false

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When a cold front moves over a land region that has warm, moist air, a transfer of energy occurs. Cold air sinks and pushes warmer air upward. As energy is removed from the air, which change will MOST likely take place?

• Ozone in the atmosphere will decrease

• Less ultraviolet radiation will reach the land

• More water will be absorbed from the area lakes

• Water in the atmosphere will undergo a phase change

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The picture represents a(n) ___ event.

• El Nino

• La Nina

• Non-El Nino (normal conditions)

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A warmer Earth may lead to

• changes in climate

• a rise in sea level due to the expansion of sea water

• the melting of the ice caps

• All answers mentioned

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The gradual increase in the average temperature of our planet Earth is called

• Greenhouse Effect
• Global Warming
• Greenland Effect
• Ice Age

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