CLIMATE CHANGE

What is the primary source of energy for Earth's climate system?

• Heat from Earth's interior

• The Sun

• Electricity generating power plants

• Oil & gas

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Why are greenhouse gases like CO₂ and methane important to Earth's climate?

• They allow heat from Earth to escape the atmosphere

• They trap the Sun's energy so that Earth's surface is warm

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What happen when CO₂ and other greenhouse gases increase in our atmosphere?

• Average global temperatures decrease

• Average global temperatures increase

• The Earth's magnetic field changes direction

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Will climate change impacts be the same in all locations on Earth?

• The results are the same across the globe

• There is no scientific evidence to support an answer

• The impacts will vary

• All answer choices are accurate

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The following human activities produce greenhouse gases EXCEPT:

• Driving cars

• Walking, biking and swimming

• Animal agriculture

• Generating electricity from natural gas, oil, and coal

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A primary reason we know that human activity is causing global warming is:

• CO2 has decreased in the atmosphere over the past 10 years

• Earth's atmosphere is getting thinner

• We can correlate the rise of CO₂ with human activities

• All answer choices are correct

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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?

• the hole in the ozone
• the greenhouse effect
• atmospheric pressure
• the inversion layer

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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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Which is a primary energy source used by power plants to generate electricity?

• coal
• wood
• gasoline
• batteries

The main human activity that releases greenhouse gases is

• using bottled water
• burning fossil fuels
• texting on cellphones
• eating meat

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