WorksheetsReading Quiz 4.4 Climate Change
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 5mins
1. In addition to carbon dioxide, which of these greenhouse gases is the most significant?
Methane
Ozone
Nitrogen oxides
Water vapour
Which characteristic of water vapour classifies it as a greenhouse gas?
It absorbs and then re-emits some of the long wave radiation emitted by the Earth’s surface.
It prevents short wave radiation from reaching the Earth’s surface.
It absorbs UV radiation but does not re-emit it.
It absorbs infra-red radiation but does not re-emit it.
By which mechanism do greenhouse gases contribute to global warming?
Their higher concentration absorbs more long wave radiation coming from the Sun.
Short wave radiation emitted from the Earth’s surface increases with their concentration.
They absorb higher amounts of long wave radiation emitted from the Earth’s surface as their concentration increases.
They absorb higher amounts of short wave radiation caused by increased combustion of fossilized organic matter.
What contributes to rising atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide and increases in average global temperature?
An increase in the shorter wavelength radiation emitted by Earth
An increase in longer wavelength radiation emitted by Earth
An increase in the combustion of fossilized organic matter
The depletion of ozone in the stratosphere
Deforestation and agricultural activities including the production of crops and livestock are thought to play a major role in the greenhouse effect. The graph shows annual trends in rates of deforestation and the production of soybeans and cattle in the state of Mato Grosso in Brazil in the period from 2001 to 2010. What conclusion can be drawn from the information in this graph?
The decline in rates of deforestation led to an increase in production of CO2.
Soybean production accounted for a greater proportion of deforestation than cattle production.
Forest habitats declined during the first few years of the study.
The decline in rates of deforestation is due to an increase in soybean production.
What contributes to the enhanced greenhouse effect?
Ozone from violent thunderstorms
Solid carbon particles in diesel engine exhaust
Methane from agricultural sources
Carbon dioxide from active volcanoes around the world
Choose the correct pairing of the type of wavelengths of the radiation labelled X and Y.
X: Long-wave radiation from the Earth
Y: Short-wave radiation from the Sun
X: Short-wave radiation from the Sun
Y: Long-wave radiation from the Earth
X: Long-wave radiation from the Sun
Y: Short-wave radiation from the Earth
X: Short-wave radiation from the Earth
Y: Long-wave radiation from the Sun
How can the change in reflection of light at Z be explained?
Satellite surfaces bounce the light back to the Earth
There is a greenhouse gas present
The Earth's gravity pulls the light down
Aliens.
