Climate Change

1.  Which of these could increase average global temperatures? 

• A.  increased use of fossil fuels 
• A.  increased ocean plants 
• A.  decreased carbon dioxide emissions 
• A.  increased numbers of animal species

1.  Certain gases in the atmosphere – water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide – help maintain the Earth’s temperatures and climate. These are called: __________ . 

• A.  ozone gases
• A.  solar gases
• A.  greenhouse gases 
• A.  stomach gases

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Greenhouse gases are mostly absorbing this type of radiation.

• shortwave
• longwave
• ultra-violet
• blue

These are all important greenhouse gases.

• Oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen
• Carbon dioxide, helium and clouds
• Carbon dioxide, water vapour and methane
• Methane, ethane and hydrogen

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This is an image demonstrating...

• Tornado Formation
• The Greenhouse Effect
• Hurricane Formation

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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 gas from the list below is a cause for global warming?

• Urethane
• Oxygen
• Carbon Dioxide

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Humans have the ability to cause temperature change.

• True
• False

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Melting of glaciers and polar ice caps....

• will result in cooler temperatures in the Arctic
• will result in sea-levels rising
• Will have no effect on ecosystems
• None of the above

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Which of the following are greenhouse gases?

• Carbon dioxide
• Methane
• Water vapor
• All answers are correct

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