Climate Change and Greenhouse Effect

Which of the following have been linked to climate change?  

• droughts

• flooding

• melting of polar ice caps

• all of the above

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The average temperature of the surface of Earth has increased approximately 1°C in the past century. Which reason best explains this increase in temperature?

• lower levels of ozone in the atmosphere

• lower levels of nitrogen in the atmosphere

• higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

• higher levels of oxygen in the atmosphere

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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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Has the climate gotten hotter or colder in recent years?

• It has gotten colder.

• It has gotten hotter.

• It has stayed the same.

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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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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 this greenhouse effect the earth’s surface would average about ​ (a)   ,

• -19°C (-2°F)

• 33°C (91°F)

• 29°C (84°F)

• 0°C (32°F)

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The warming of the atmosphere by the trapping of heat being radiated to space is called

• evaporation

• condensation

• the greenhouse effect

• radiation

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Which of these could increase average global temperatures?

• increased use of fossil fuels 

• increased ocean plants 

• decreased carbon dioxide emissions 

• increased numbers of animal species

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Which of the following gases, released by animals as a waste product of digestion, can add to global warming?

• Carbon Dioxide

• Methane

• Chlorofluorocarbon

• Nitrogen

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