Greenhouse Gases and Albedo Quiz 2025

Which of the following gases IS NOT a cause for global warming?

• Methane
• Oxygen
• Carbon Dioxide
• Water Vapor

What do greenhouse gases do in our atmosphere?

• They absorb and trap radiation given off by the Earth

• They block harmful radiation from reaching the Earth
• They keep all the air within the Earth
• They make the Earth cooler

Which would you expect to have the highest albedo?

• dirt
• sand
• ice
• water

What has the highest albedo?

• the oceans
•  glacial ice
• the ground
• roads

Humans contribute to greenhouse gases by

• Burning fossil fuels from our cars
• Burning forests
• Large-scale agriculture
• All of these are correct

How does atmospheric carbon dioxide affect global temperatures?

• Increase temperatures
• Decrease temperatures
• Temperatures remain the same
• Not enough information

What are the 3 most common greenhouse gases?

• Water Vapor (H₂O) and Methane (CH₄), Hydrogen (H₂)

• Carbon Dioxide (CO₂) and Methane (CH₄), Oxygen (O₂)

• Water Vapor (H₂O), Carbon Dioxide (CO₂), and Methane (CH₄)

• Water Vapor (H₂O) and Nitrous oxide (N₂O), and Oxygen (O₂)

What do scientists think the effect will be of having more greenhouse gases in our atmosphere?

• More warming of the atmosphere
• More cooling of the atmosphere
• More air in the atmosphere
• Less air in the atmosphere

Over the past 100 years, the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has

• decreased slightly.   
• increased until recently, and then decreased.
• increased steadily.   
• stayed about the same.

Melting ice caps will cause the poles to have a ____________ albedo.

• higher
• lower
• same