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Greenhouse Effect

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 3mins

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 Earth acts like a greenhouse that catches and traps heat from the sun.
a)
true
b)
false
3.
What happens to the temperature if more greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere?
a)
Temperature goes up
b)
Temperature goes down
4.
Without the Greenhouse Effect the Earth would be
a)
warm 
b)
cold
c)
dead
5.
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.
6.
The order of the layers of the atmosphere from space to the earth's surface.
a)
stratosphere, troposphere, mesosphere, thermosphere
b)
troposphere, thermosphere, stratotosphere, mesosphere
c)
troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere
d)
troposphere, stratosphere, thermosphere, mesosphere
7.
What percentage of the earth's atmosphere is oxygen?
a)
78%
b)
28%
c)
71%
d)
21%
8.
What percentage of the earth's atmosphere is nitrogen?
a)
78%
b)
28%
c)
71%
d)
21%