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Worksheets9.2 - Global Climate Change
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Visible light reaches Earth’s surface while infrared light is trapped as heat. Which characteristic of Earth’s atmosphere causes this to happen?
Long wave energy from the sun reaches the earth's surface and is converted to short wave energy that is trapped by CO2
Short wave energy from the sun reaches the earth's surface and is converted to long wave energy that is trapped CO2.
Infared light reaches Earth’s surface while visible light is trapped as heat.
Visible light reaches Earth’s surface while infrared light is trapped as heat.
The main human activity that releases greenhouse gases is
buying bottled water
burning fossil fuels
current agricultural practices
eating red meat
Global temperatures have been increasing drastically?
since the Jurassic Era (time of dinosaurs) 65 million yr ago
since the advent of human kind.
since the industrial revolution.
Climate change is not real and there is not scientific evidence of temperature change.
What is the long term, average weather for a particular time and region called?
drought
weather
emissions
climate
Pick the most accurate statement from the list below.
Greenhouse gasses, even in the smallest amounts, are dangerous for our planet.
There is no correlation between temperature change and the concentration of Carbon dioxide on Earth.
A certain amount of Carbon Dioxide is naturally occurring and Earth needs CO2 in the atmosphere to make our planet livable.
Ice core studies have shown that Carbon Dioxide levels have remained relatively constant over the history of our Earth.
The largest store of Carbon Dioxide on our planet is found in which of the following?
In the atmosphere
In our Oceans
Barried in the ground
In living organisms
