Arctic Warming Quiz

True or False: Temperatures have increased in all parts of the world at the same rate.

• True
• False

What location on Earth is warming at the fastest rate today?

• Equator
• United States
• Arctic (North Pole)
• Antarctic (South Pole)

Which words/phrases below are associated with longwave radiation? (Check all that apply)

• Sunlight
• Heat
• Visible Light
• Infrared Radiation

Which words below are associated with shortwave radiation that reaches earth's surface? (Check all that apply)

• Sunlight
• Heat
• Visible Light
• Infrared Radiation
• UV Light

Greenhouse gases can all ABSORB and EMIT

• Ultraviolet radiation
• Microwave radiation
• Visible radiation
• Infrared radiation

All of the gases listed are greenhouse gases EXCEPT for

• methane
• oxygen
• carbon dioxide
• water

Which model best shows how LONGWAVE radiation interacts with a carbon dioxide molecule?

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Which model best shows how SHORTWAVE radiation interacts with a carbon dioxide molecule?

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Incoming sunlight (solar radiation), can.... (check all that apply)

• reflect off of Earth's surface and go back into space
• be absorbed by Earth's surface
• Emit from earth

Where is the infrared radiation COMING FROM that is absorbed by the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere?

• the sun
• the ground
• space
• earth's core