2.3 Greenhouse Effect

Which of the following are greenhouse gases?

• Carbon dioxide
• Methane
• Water vapor
• All answers are correct

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What happens to the temperature if more greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere?

• Temperature goes up
• Temperature goes down

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Without the Greenhouse Effect the Earth would be

• warm 
• cold
• dead

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Which of the following gases, released by animals as a waste product of digestion, can add to global warming?

• Carbon Dioxide
• Methane
• Chlorofluorocarbon
• Nitrogen

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1.  Certain gases in the atmosphere – water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide – help maintain the Earth’s temperatures and climate. These are called: __________ . 

• A.  ozone gases
• A.  solar gases
• A.  greenhouse gases 
• A.  stomach gases

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

• decreased slightly.   
• increased until recently, and then decreased.
• increased steadily.   
• stayed about the same.

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Increased carbon dioxide may cause global warming by

• allowing more sunlight into the atmosphere.
• reflecting more sunlight from clouds.
• reducing the amount of oxygen in the air.   
• trapping more heat in the atmosphere.

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

• drive their cars more.
• burn more fossil fuels.
• use more public transportation. (Which would mean less vehicles on road)           
• build more factories.

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The highest gaseous pollutant is

• methane

• nitrous oxide

• carbon dioxide

• fluorinated gases

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Which of the following statements is incorrect

• Point D shows heat energy being trapped by greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere

• Point C shows heat escaping the atmosphere and being released into space

• Point B shows heat bouncing off of the earth after some heat is absorbed by the earth

• Point A shows heat escaping the atmosphere and being released into space

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