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WorksheetsEnergy in Climate Quiz Review
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
If humans didn't exist, would there still be a Greenhouse Effect?
No, it is only caused by humans releasing greenhouse gases
Yes, the greenhouse effect is caused by naturally occurring gases
No, there is no evidence that the greenhouse effect exists
Yes, the greenhouse effect is caused by plants
Which of these is not a greenhouse gas?
Oxygen
Methane
Carbon dioxide
Water vapor
Nitrous oxide
When the Sun's energy is trapped by greenhouse gases, the temperature on Earth will
Decrease
Stay the same
Increase
Fluctuate or change
What are greenhouse gases?
Gases that help plants stay warm
Gases that absorb UV radiation (sunburn causing radiation)
Gases that cause acid rain
Gases that absorb infrared radiation (heat energy)
During the night, the Earth radiates or loses energy to space. What form is this energy lost as?
Infrared radiation (heat energy)
UV radiation (sunburn causing energy)
Radio waves
Earth does not give off energy at night
What is albedo?
How much solar radiation a surface reflects
How much solar radiation a surface absorbs
The amount of solar radiation that makes it to Earth's surface
None of these
Snow on the ground prevents polar climates from gaining heat because of what?
the heating of the Earth by greenhouse gases
heat spreading from the equator
cold spreading from the poles of the Earth
reflection of solar radiation from the surface
The average U.S. temperatures over 50 years is an example of what?
climate
weather
climate change
albedo
The average temperature of Hanford over two months is an example of what?
albedo
weather
climate
climate change
Which of these is NOT one of the factors that affects surface albedo?
color of a surface
rate of convection
surface area or volume of a surface
chemical composition of a surface
Which of these is an example of convection?
You live in a two story home and the second story is always the warmest
You go snowboarding and you get a really bad sunburn
You go outside and feel the heat of the Sun on your face
You place your hand on a hot stove burner
What are the two main gases that make up the Earth's atmosphere?
oxygen and methane
oxygen and nitrogen
chlorine and argon
nitrogen and water vapor
Which of the three mechanisms that transfer energy between the Earth's surface and the atmosphere is convection?
Top picture
Middle picture
Bottom picture
Which of the three mechanisms that transfer energy between the Earth's surface and the atmosphere is conduction?
Top picture
Middle picture
Bottom picture
Which of the three mechanisms that transfer energy between the Earth's surface and the atmosphere is radiation?
Top picture
Middle picture
Bottom picture
In TOTAL, how much of the energy from the Sun is absorbed by the Earth?
66%
34%
19%
47%
In TOTAL, how much of the energy from the Sun is reflected by the Earth?
66%
34%
19%
47%
If more energy is absorbed by the Earth than released, what will happen to global temperatures?
They will increase
They will decrease
They will fluctuate (change over time)
They will stay the same
If more energy is released by the Earth than absorbed, what will happen to global temperatures?
They will increase
They will decrease
They will fluctuate (change over time)
They will stay the same
When humans produce more greenhouse gases by burning fossil fuels than are produced by natural processes, what can happen to the Earth's temperature?
It can decrease
Burning fossil fuels does not increase greenhouse gases
It will stay the same
It can increase
What is one example of a NATURAL way that carbon dioxide is added to the Earth's atmosphere?
Photosynthesis by plants
Respiration (or breathing) by animals
Burning fossil fuels
Deforestation
