The Greenhouse Effect-Mastery Ticket

What is the greenhouse effect?

• The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.
• The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.
• The heating of a solid, such as a rock.
• The urge for everyone in the neighborhood to paint their house green

What gas from the list below is a cause for global warming?

• Urethane
• Oxygen
• Carbon Dioxide
• Methane

 Which of the following activities contributes the most to carbon emissions globally?

• Deforestation
• Agriculture
• Burning fossil fuels
• Respiration

What is a problem that the Industrial Revolution had caused?

• Decrease in money
• Decrease in factories
• Increase in carbon dioxide
• Black fog everywhere

Why is the increase of Greenhouse gases a big issue?

• It causes climate change and increase in the global temerature 
• It can lead to a major increase in Greenhouses 
• It leads to more factories
• It causes a major decrease in people

Which process accurately describes the formation of the greenhouse effect?

• The Sun's rays are reflected from the land back into the atmosphere.
• Increased solar energy is entering through the hole in the ozone layer.
• Aerosol gases become trapped and build up in the atmosphere.
• Heat radiating from the land and oceans is trapped in the troposphere.

Solar energy is best absorbed by what material?

• dirt
• sand
• snow
• water

What is the source of energy for the Earth's water cycle?

• Sun's radiation
• ocean currents
• trade and prevailing winds
• Moon's gravitational attraction

Why is the greenhouse effect a good thing?

• It supplies CO2 to plants
• It cools the earth enough for life to exist
• It keeps earth warm enough for life
• It is not a good thing

What can you do to help slow down global warming?

• Decrease your carbon footprint by eating locally produced food 
•  recycle and reuse plastics
• use solar or wind power instead of fossil fuels
• all of the above