Greenhouse Effect

What is the greenhouse effect?

• Atmosphere gases reflect heat energy from the sun

• Atmosphere gases absorb heat energy from the sun

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3 main greenhouse gases are:

• Carbon dioxide

• Methane

• Sulfate

• Water vapor

Domestic animals contribute to the production of methane gas

• True

• False

A greenhouse

• Traps electromagnetic spectrum heat

• temperature is maintained

• sunlight diminishes inside the trap and the temperature goes up

• is a manmade cage designed to trap the light of the sun

Are greenhouse gases natural?

• Yes

• No

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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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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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These are all important greenhouse gases.

• Oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen

• Carbon dioxide, helium and clouds

• Carbon dioxide, water vapor and methane

• Methane, ethane and hydrogen

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Which wavelength of energy is trying to escape the greenhouse?

• long waves

• short waves

• no waves

what form of energy is trying to escape the atmosphere?

• gamma rays

• infrared

• x rays

• microwaves

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