Air Pollution Greenhouse Gases

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.

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

• Deforestation
• Agriculture
• Burning fossil fuels
• Respiration

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Which of the following are greenhouse gases?

• Carbon dioxide
• Methane
• Water vapor
• All answers are correct

What happens to the temperature if more greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere?

• Temperature goes up
• Temperature goes down

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Without the Greenhouse Effect the Earth would be

• warm 
• cold
• dead

1.  Certain gases in the atmosphere – water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide – help maintain the Earth’s temperatures and climate. These are called: __________ . 

• A.  ozone gases
• A.  solar gases
• A.  greenhouse gases 
• A.  stomach gases

Which is one cause for Global Warming we discussed today?

• Burning Fossil Fuels
• Pollution from factories
• Both are causes for Global Warming

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Humans have the ability to cause temperature change.

• True
• False

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What is the atmosphere?

• layer of dirt below the ground

• layer of water at the bottom of the ocean

• layer of air around the Earth

• layer of air inside a greenhouse

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"Greenhouse gases trap heat in the atmosphere."

The text describes the effect of greenhouse gases on the Earth. What effect do these gases have on the Earth?

• These gases cool the surface of the Earth and help it stay at a comfortable temperature

• These gases clean the surface of the Earth and lower the amount of pollution on the ground

• These gases freeze the surface of the Earth and help create icebergs in different parts of the ocean

• These gases warm the surface of the Earth and help it stay at a comfortable, warm average temperature

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