Greenhouse

The gas molecules that cause the Earth's greenhouse effect are all of the following except

• carbon dioxide

• water vapor

• methane

• nitrous oxide

• oxygen

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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.

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The area of human activity responsible for the highest greenhouse gas emissions is

• energy supply

• transport

• agriculture

• industrial

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The highest gaseous pollutant is

• methane

• nitrous oxide

• carbon dioxide

• fluorinated gases

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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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Without any greenhouse effect the Earth would be...

• Fine

• Too Cold to Support Life

• Very Hot

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.

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How does the Earth keep itself warm?

• Sunlight keeps the Earth warm.

• There are heat lamps orbitting above the Earth's atmosphere.

• The greenhouse gases trap the warm air and send it back to the Earth's surface.

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

• true

• false

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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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