Unit 2 Test Review Fall 2024

Deforestation causes an increase in the atmospheric concentration of which greenhouse gas?

• Methane

• Carbon Dioxide

• Ozone

• Nitrogen

Carbon dioxide is called a greenhouse gas for which of the following reasons? 

• It's oxygen component is needed by plants to grow.

• It absorbs and reradiates infrared radiation to warm the Earth.

• It is often used inside greenhouses.

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Greenhouse gases are added to the atmosphere through which of the following events? 

• radiation

• absorption

• nitrification

• forest fires

What atmospheric condition is caused by carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor trapping heat in the Earth's atmosphere? 

• Biomagnification

• Greenhouse effect

• Transpiration

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Scientists warn that rising CO2 levels will have what effect on the Earth? 

• Speed up the next ice age

• Cause sea levels to drop

• Trap heat in the atmosphere causing the Greenhouse effect

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Which natural process leads to the greatest production of atmospheric particulates? 

• Plant respirations

• Animal migrations

• Volcanic eruptions

A greenhouse gas added to the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned

• Ozone

• CO2

• Oxygen

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Process by which the atmosphere reradiated infrared radiation back

to earth's surface keeping it warm

• Greenhouse effect

• Ozone molecules

• Prevailing winds

Winds that push warm water Eastward in the Pacific Ocean near the equator is called

• Ozone Air

• Pacific Winds

• El Nino

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Which biome contains most biodiversity? 

• Tundra

• Tropical Rainforest

• Desert

• Taiga

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