CLIMATIC PHENOMENA

Which of the following can cause global warming?

• volcanic eruptions

• the increase of the amount of rainfall

• the rising of warm air into the atmosphere

• increase of the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere

Which activity does not contribute to global warming?

• reforestation

• illegal fishing

• mining activities

• incineration of garbage

When does greenhouse effect happen?

• Greenhouse gases on the surface absorb heat from the atmosphere.

• Greenhouse gases on the surface absorb heat from the earth’s interior.

• Greenhouse gases in the upper atmosphere absorb heat from the outer space

• Greenhouse gases in the lower atmosphere absorb heat from the earth’s surface

1. Which of the following can cause global warming?

• A. volcanic eruptions

• B. the amount of rainfall

• C. the rising of warm air into the atmosphere

• D. the absorption of heat from the earth’s interior.

What will happen if there is too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

• A. Temperature increases

• B. Temperature decreases

• C. Water vapor condenses

• D. Greenhouse effect occurs

What causes La Niña?

• A. Warming of water in the Atlantic Ocean.

• B. Cooling of water in the Atlantic coast of the US.

• C. Warming of water in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of South America.

• D. Cooling of water in the tropical Pacific Ocean between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn

Which of the following gases are responsible for the 75% of the global warming effect?

• A. carbon dioxide, oxygen, fluorine

• B. carbon dioxide, nitrogen, oxygen

• C. carbon dioxide, methane, oxygen

• D. carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide

Which of the following factors is the contributor to current enhanced (humaninduced) global warming?

• A. solar radiation

• B. littering everywhere

• C. hole in the ozone layer

• D. carbon dioxide emissions

Based on the graph above, what happened to the amount of carbon dioxide from 1880 to 2010?

• a. It is increasing

• b. It is decreasing

• c. It remains constant

• d. Neither increase nor decrease

The greenhouse effect is caused by

• more heat arriving at the Earth from the sun

• the Earth releasing more heat at night

• gases in the air trapping heat released by the Earth