Greenhouse Effect

Which of the following are greenhouse gases?

• Carbon dioxide

• Methane

• Water vapor

• All answers are correct

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What happens to the temperature if more greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere?

• Temperature goes up
• Temperature goes down

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True or False: All of the radiation from the Sun is absorbed by the Earth

• True
• False

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The highest gaseous pollutant is

• methane

• nitrous oxide

• carbon dioxide

• fluorinated gases

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

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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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

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The greenhouse effect is caused by

• more heat arriving at the Earth from the sun

• the Earth releasing more heat at night

• gases in the air trapping heat released by the Earth

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T/F: Water vapor is a greenhouse gas

• True
• False

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T/F: Some greenhouse gases are naturally present in the Earth's atmosphere

• True
• False

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Without the Greenhouse Effect the Earth would be

• warmer 

• colder

• temperature would not change

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

Which of the following does NOT happen to solar energy when it reaches Earth?

• Some solar energy reflects off the atmosphere, back to space

• Some solar energy passes through Earth and comes out the other side

• Some solar energy is absorbed by land and water

• Some solar energy is radiated from the Earth's surface and trapped by the atmosphere

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