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Greenhouse Gases!

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which greenhouse gas is produced/released from breathing?

a)

Nitrous Oxide

b)

Methane

c)

Ozone

d)

Water Vapor

e)

Carbon Dioxide

2.

What greenhouse gas is the most abundant?

a)

Water Vapor

b)

Methane

c)

Ozone

d)

Carbon Dioxide

e)

Nitrous Oxide

3.

Which Greenhouse gas is produced by the burning of agriculture & burning of biomass?

a)

Carbon Dioxide

b)

Water Vapor

c)

Methane

d)

Nitrous Oxide

e)

Ozone

4.

Which Greenhouse gas acts as a blanket trapping UV rays?

a)

Carbon Dioxide

b)

Ozone

c)

Methane

d)

Nitrous Oxide

e)

Water Vapor

5.

Which greenhouse gas is from the moisture of water on Earth?

a)

Nitrous Oxide

b)

Carbon Dioxide

c)

Water Vapor

d)

Ozone

e)

Methane

6.

Which Greenhouse gas has increased the most?

a)

Ozone

b)

Water Vapor

c)

Carbon Dioxide

d)

Nitorus Oxide

e)

Methane

7.

How does water vapor effect Earth?

a)

It doesn't allow the sun's heat to flow back into space too quickly.

b)

It traps heat.

c)

It stays in the atmosphere and traps heat.

d)

It acts like a blanket trapping UV rays.

e)

It absorbs infared radiation.

8.

What is methane?

a)

A gas produced by the decomposition of waste.

b)

A gas from the moisture of water on Earth.

c)

A gas that occurs naturally in small amounts in the upper atmosphere.

d)

A gas produced/released from breathing, burning of fossil fuels, and volcanic eruptions.

e)

A gas produced by agriculture and burning of biomass.

9.

What is Carbon Dioxide?

a)

A gas from the moisture of water on Earth.

b)

A gas produced by the decomposition of waste.

c)

A gas that occurs naturally in small amounts in the upper atmosphere.

d)

A gas produced/released from breathing, the burning of fossil fuels, and volcanic eruptions.

e)

A gas produced by agriculture and burning of biomass.

10.

What job does the Ozone do?

a)

Traps heat.

b)

It acts like a blanket trapping UV rays.

c)

Doesn't allow the sun's heat to flow back into space too quickly.

d)

Absorbs radiation.

e)

Traps heat in the supper atmosphere.

11.

What are the 5 types of Greenhouse Gases?

a)

Carbon Dioxide, Water Vapor, Nitrous Oxide, Ozone, and Metal.

b)

Methane, Salt, Iron, Copper, and Gold.

c)

Water Vapor, Carbon Dioxide, Sun, Carbon, and Copper.

d)

Carbon Dioxide, Water, Oxygen, Nitrous Oxide, and Iron.

e)

Carbon Dioxide, Water Vapor, Nitrous Oxide, Ozone, and Methane.

12.

What is the Greenhouse Effect?

a)

A greenhouse on a hill.

b)

A natural process that warms Earth's surface. When the sun's energy reaches the Earth's atmosphere some of it is reflected back into space and the rest is absorbed and re-radiated by greenhouse gases.

c)

A gas produced/released from breathing, the burning of fossil fuels, and volcanic eruptions.

d)

A gas that occurs naturally in small amounts in the upper atmosphere.

e)

A process where flowers and plants grow in a greenhouse.

13.

Which Greenhouse gas stays in the atmosphere the longest?

a)

Water Vapor

b)

Methane

c)

Carbon Dioxide

d)

Ozone

e)

Nitrous Oxide

14.

Which Greenhouse gas occurs in small amounts?

a)

Carbon Dioxide

b)

Nitrous Oxide

c)

Ozone

d)

Methane

e)

Water Vapor

15.

What Greenhouse gas is the most active?

a)

Methane

b)

Water Vapor

c)

Nitrous Oxide

d)

Ozone

e)

Carbon Dioxide