AP Environmental

What are the two most common greenhouse gases?

• Water Vapor (H₂O) and Methane (CH₄)

• Carbon Dioxide CO₂ and Methane (CH₄)

• Water Vapor (H₂O) and Carbon Dioxide CO₂

• Water Vapor (H₂O) and Nitrous oxide (N₂O)

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Which in the atmosphere protects us from harmful UV radiation?

• Ozone

• Water Vapor

• Methane

• Sulfur Dioxide

• Carbon Dioxide

What type of waves get trapped inside the greenhouse?

• Sunlight

• Ultraviolet

• Microwaves

• Infrared

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What results from livestock and other agricultural practices and by the decay of organic waste in municipal solid waste landfills?

• Carbon Dioxide

• Methane

• Water Vapor

• Fluorinated Gases

• Nitrous Oxide

Particulate matter can increase global warming by

• reacting with chlorofluorocarbons

• reducing surface absorption of ultraviolet radiation

• producing additional nitrous oxides

• reflecting radiation

• lowering surface albedo

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What is the evidence that solar radiation is less important to global warming than the increase in greenhouse gases?

• temperatures have increased more in the summer than in winter

• temperatures have increased more in the winter than in summer

• temperature increases have been uneven across the globe

• there is a historic correlation of CO₂ and temperature

• There is a lack of temperature change in some areas

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Which of the following is not linked to Endangered species?

• K-Strategist

• Specialized niche

• rare

• commercially valuable

• R-Strategist

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

These gases are typically emitted in smaller quantities, but because they are potent greenhouse gases, they are sometimes referred to as High Global Warming Potential gases ("High GWP gases").

• Fluorinated Gases

• Methane

• Carbon Dioxide

• Nitrous Oxide

• Water Vapor

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Accounts for 81.6% of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions from human activities.

• Water Vapor

• Fluorinated Gases

• Carbon Dioxide

• Methane

• Nitrous Oxide

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Pound for pound, the comparative impact of CH4 is more than ___ times greater than CO2 over a 100-year period.

• 10

• 15

• 25

• 50

• 100

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5