Global Climate Change

The Earth's average temperature has increased over the last 150 years. Which of the following is the BEST explanation for this change?

La temperatura media de la Tierra ha aumentado en los últimos 150 años. ¿Cuál de las siguientes es la MEJOR explicación para este cambio?

• There is less nitrogen in the atmosphere.

• There is more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

• There is less ozone in the atmosphere.

• There is more oxygen in the atmosphere.

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Over the last 25 years, what has been the major effect of increasing amounts of greenhouse gases on average global temperatures?

Durante los últimos 25 años, ¿cuál ha sido el principal efecto del aumento de las cantidades de gases de efecto invernadero en las temperaturas globales promedio?

• Unstable temperatures.

• Increasing temperatures.

• No change in temperatures.

• Decreasing temperatures.

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Increased levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have been responsible for which occurrence over the last 50 years?

¿El aumento de los niveles de gases de efecto invernadero en la atmósfera ha sido responsable de qué ocurrencia en los últimos 50 años?

• Increased atmospheric particulate matter.

• Changes in climate patterns.

• Decreased ozone layer.

• Increased climate stability.

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Which statement is true of greenhouse gases?

¿Qué afirmación es cierta sobre los gases de efecto invernadero?

• Increasing amounts of greenhouse gases have led to both climate change and global warming.

• All greenhouse gases only exist in the atmosphere due to human activity.

• There is no safe level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

• All greenhouse gases decay rapidly in the environment.

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Global warming is a change in the climate that is...

El calentamiento global es un cambio en el clima que...

• part of a natural cycle.

• due to human activity.

• related to volcanic eruptions.

• occurring for unknown reasons.

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Methane and nitrous oxide are examples of...

El metano y el óxido nitroso son ejemplos de...

• decomposition bacteria.

• greenhouse gases.

• fossil fuels.

• climate change.

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Which statement BEST explains how greenhouse gases differ from other gases?

¿Qué afirmación explica MEJOR cómo se diferencian los gases de efecto invernadero de otros gases?

• They cause extreme weather events.

• They absorb heat from sunlight.

• They are found in the atmosphere.

• They reflect sunlight into space.

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The "greenhouse effect" is the name for which phenomenon?

¿El "efecto invernadero" es el nombre de qué fenómeno?

• The rise of carbon dioxide gas in the atmosphere.

• Increasing average surface temperature on the earth.

• The ability of some gases to trap heat in the atmosphere.

• Extreme weather events caused by global warming.

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Which statement describes the changes in the levels of the atmospheric greenhouse gases over the last 70 years?

¿Qué enunciado describe los cambios en los niveles de los gases de efecto invernadero en la atmósfera durante los últimos 70 años?

• Strong increase from historical times.

• Strong decrease from historical times.

• About the same as in historical times.

• Slight increase from historical times.

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Which statement describes how increased levels of greenhouse gases raise surface temperatures?

¿Qué afirmación describe cómo el aumento de los niveles de gases de efecto invernadero eleva la temperatura de la superficie?

• They keep heat from radiating back into space.

• They convert electrical radiation to heat waves.

• They amplify incoming sunlight to make it hotter.

• They convert sunlight into electrical heat waves.

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