Greenhouse Webxam Review

Which of the following gases is NOT a greenhouse gas?

• carbon dioxide (CO₂)

• nitrogen gas (N₂)

• Nitrous Oxide (N₂O)

• methane (CH₄)

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

Water vapor is a greenhouse gas

• True
• False

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The Greenhouse gas with the highest greenhouse warming potential is

• carbon dioxide

• methane

• water vapor

• chlorofluorocarbon

• nitrous oxide

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Methane is naturally produced by

• decomposition

• volcanic eruptions

• denitrification

• evapotranspiration

• forest fires

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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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Most nitrous oxide emissions are from

• fossil fuel combustion

• agricultural practices

• refrigerants

• deforestation

• industrial processes

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Most abundant greenhouse gas

• CO2

• methane

• Nitrous oxide

• water vapor

In the past, refrigerators, aerosol spray propellants and cleaning solvents were all sources of a greenhouse gas known as

• carbon dioxide

• methane

• chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)

• nitrous oxide

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1.  Carbon dioxide (CO₂) is added to the atmosphere by each of the following EXCEPT

• burning fossil fuels.
• decay of organic matter and animal waste.
• water vapor.
• eruption of volcanoes.