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Y9 Earth and Atmosphere

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following are greenhouse gases?
a)
Carbon dioxide
b)
Methane
c)
Water vapor
d)
All answers are correct
2.
The main human activity that releases greenhouse gases is
a)
using bottled water
b)
burning fossil fuels
c)
texting on cellphones
d)
eating meat
3.
Things you can do to help decrease global warming include:
a)
Eat more ice cream.
b)
Keep your freezer door open.
c)
Keep your air conditioner on high.
d)
Turn off your lights when you’re not using them.
4.
Melting of glaciers and polar ice caps....
a)
will result in cooler temperatures in the Arctic
b)
will result in sea-levels rising
c)
Will have no effect on ecosystems
d)
None of the above
5.
Which of the following gases has the highest atmospheric composition within the Earth's Atmosphere?
a)
Oxygen at 78%
b)
Nitrogen at 78%
c)
Carbon Dioxide 78%
d)
Methane 78%
6.
What makes up 99% of the atmosphere?
a)
nitrogen
b)
oxygen
c)
carbon dioxide
d)
nitrogen and oxygen together
7.
How does carbon dioxide in the atmosphere affect climate?
 
a)
As carbon dioxide increases, temperatures decrease.
b)
As carbon dioxide increases, temperatures increase.
c)
Carbon dioxide concentrations have no affect on climate.
d)
As carbon dioxide concentratons increase, temperatures become more random.
8.
How are humans making greenhouse gases of our own?
a)
burning fossil fuels in our cars
b)
burning forests
c)
with large scale agriculture
d)
all of these
9.

What is the percentage of oxygen gas in air?

a)

78%

b)

32%

c)

18%

d)

21%

10.

Which of following gases is a main cause of the "greenhouse" effect?

a)

SO2

b)

NO2

c)

CO

d)

CO2

11.
Which one of the following is not a fossil fuel?
a)
Wood
b)
Coal
c)
Oil
d)
Natural Gas
12.

Which of the following gases is not a major part of the earth's atmosphere?

a)

Nitrogen

b)

Oxygen

c)

Argon

d)

Chlorine

13.
Which is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere?
a)
Nitrogen
b)
Oxygen
c)
Fluorine
d)
Xenon
14.
What is the greenhouse effect?
a)
The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.
b)
The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.
c)
The heating of a solid, such as a rock.
15.

What do we call gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and water vapour in the atmosphere which are involved in the greenhouse effect?

a)

Bad Gases

b)

Ozone Gases

c)

Greenhouse Gases

d)

Atmospheric Gases

16.
Which of the following is an example of a greenhouse gas?
a)
Carbon Dioxide
b)
Nitrogen
c)
Oxygen
d)
Neon
17.
Is O2 (oxygen gas) an element or a compound?
a)
element
b)
compound
c)
neither
18.

What does this graph show?

a)

That carbon dioxide concentrations are much higher in the past

b)

That global temperatures have stayed approximately the same, but lower than carbon dioxide concentrations

c)

That global temperatures increase when global carbon dioxide concentrations have decreased

d)

That global temperatures have increased and decreased at about the same time as global carbon dioxide concentrations

19.

The formula C4H10 is for a type of hydrocarbon. How many atoms are there in a molecule of this?

a)

2

b)

16

c)

14

d)

410

20.
 Climate is:
a)
A long period of time
b)
A country’s normal weather over a long time
c)
Rain and storms
21.
Which of the following is the best conclusion that can be made from this graph?
a)
atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have been decreasing since 1960
b)
Hawaii has a lot of carbon dioxide
c)
humans have been working hard to decrease carbon dioxide levels
d)
atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have increased steadily since 1960
22.

What are greenhouse gases?

a)

gases that cause heat to be trapped near the surface of the Earth

b)

gases that emit green smoke

c)

gases that are used to make green colored glass

d)

gases that cause heat to be lost from the Earth easily

23.
The average temperature of the surface of Earth has increased approximately 1°C in the past century. Which reason best explains this increase in temperature?
a)
lower levels of ozone in the atmosphere
b)
lower levels of nitrogen in the atmosphere
c)
higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
d)
higher levels of oxygen in the atmosphere
24.

The main human activity that releases greenhouse gases is

a)

using bottled water

b)

burning fossil fuels

c)

using disposable plastics

d)

eating meat

25.

Melting of glaciers and polar ice caps....

a)

will result in cooler temperatures in the Arctic

b)

will result in sea-levels rising

c)

will have no effect on ecosystems

d)

none of these

26.
Which of the following is a fossil fuel?
a)
Wind
b)
Coal
c)
Solar
d)
Biomass
27.

What conclusion can you draw from this graph?

a)

That carbon dioxide just keeps going up

b)

That temperature isn't as high as carbon dioxide

c)

That global temperature increases when global carbon dioxide increases

d)

That global carbon dioxide decreases when the polar ice caps melt

28.

The substance that is a stronger greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide and is released by cattle is

a)

Oxygen

b)

Nitrogen

c)

Carbon Dioxide

d)

Methane

29.

What is underground molten rock?

a)

Lava

b)

Magma

c)

Soil

d)

Intrusive

30.

What is aboveground molten rock?

a)

Extrusive

b)

Magma

c)

Lava

d)

Sedimentary

31.

Limestone is an example of...

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Igneous

c)

Metamorphic

32.

Sandstone is an example of...

a)

Metamorphic

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Igneous

33.

Basalt is an example of...

a)

Igneous

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Metamorphic

34.

What is it called when layers pile up and press down on the material below?

a)

Compaction

b)

Layering

c)

Cementation

d)

I don't know

35.
A rock formed from fragments of other rocks is a(n)
a)
Metamorphic Rock
b)
Sedimentary Rock
c)
Extrusive Rock
d)
Igneous Rock
36.
The three groups of rocks are classified by
a)
How they form
b)
Color
c)
Grain size
d)
Chemical Composition
37.

Any rock that forms from another rock as a result of changes in heat or pressure (or both) is a:

a)

chemical rock

b)

igneous rock

c)

sedimentary rock

d)

metamorphic rock

38.

Which of the following lists the steps an igneous rock undergoes in order to become a sedimentary rock, in the correct order?

a)

Deposition, erosion, melting, cooling

b)

Erosion, weathering, eruption, cooling

c)

Dissolving, deposition, cooling, fracture

d)

Weathering, erosion, deposition, cementation

39.

According to the diagram, what process is shown by letter B?

a)

compaction & cementation

b)

weather & erosion

c)

heat & pressure

d)

melting

40.

Geologists have classified rocks into three major groups of rocks which are:

a)

inorganic, organic and chemical rocks

b)

igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks

c)

metamorphic, chemical and non chemical rocks

d)

sedimentary, inorganic and igneous rocks

41.
What do we call the center of the Earth?
a)
Mantle
b)
Crust
c)
Apple
d)
Core
42.
Which is the hottest part of the Earth?
a)
The core
b)
The mantle
c)
The crust
d)
The Asthenosphere
43.
Which is the coolest part of the planet?
a)
inner core
b)
outer core
c)
mantle
d)
crust
44.
Which of these layers is the largest?
a)
lithosphere
b)
asthenosphere
c)
outer core
d)
mantle
45.

True or False: The greenhouse effect is entirely bad and dangerous.

a)

True

b)

False

46.

_______is a measure of the reflective characteristics of the Earth's surface.

a)

Albedo Effect

b)

Greenhouse Effect

c)

Climate Effect

47.

The sun's radiation hits the ice caps and is reflected. This is an example of...

a)

the greenhouse effect

b)

the albedo effect

c)

the absorption effect

d)

the doppler effect

48.

The albedo effect means that if sea ice melts...

a)

The sea level will rise by 10m

b)

The antarctic krill will thrive

c)

The sea will absorb more of the sun's radiation

d)

The sea will reflect more sunlight than the ice

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