GreenHouse Effect +Climate Change (Jones)

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Which of the following have been linked to climate change? Droughts, flooding, melting of polar ice caps, all of the above.

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All of the above

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The average temperature of the surface of Earth has increased approximately 1°C in the past century. Which reason best explains this increase in temperature? Options: lower levels of ozone in the atmosphere, lower levels of nitrogen in the atmosphere, higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, higher levels of oxygen in the atmosphere

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higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

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Industrialization is a contributing factor to climate change.

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True

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Visible light reaches Earth’s surface while infrared light is trapped as heat. Which characteristic of Earth’s atmosphere causes this to happen?

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the greenhouse effect

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Which of these could increase average global temperatures? Options: increased use of fossil fuels, increased ocean plants, decreased carbon dioxide emissions, increased numbers of animal species

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increased use of fossil fuels

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Which gas released by animals as a waste product of digestion can add to global warming? Options: Carbon Dioxide, Methane, Chlorofluorocarbon, Nitrogen

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Methane

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One thing people in the United States could do to reduce air pollution is

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use more public transportation. (Which would mean less vehicles on road)

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Over the past 200 years, the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has

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increased steadily.

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True or false: Warm air moves away from the equator, to the poles. Cold air moves from the poles to the equator.

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True

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What is the greenhouse effect?

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The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.