Apes Global Climate Change

In which layer of the atmosphere is all this global warming taking place?

• Troposphere
• Stratosphere
• Mesosphere
• Thermosphere

Which type of energy do greenhouse gases (such as carbon dioxide) absorb?

• Ultraviolet energy
• Visible light
• Infrared energy
• Gamma rays

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Which of the following is NOT a major source of methane in our atmosphere?

• Livestock farming
• Decomposition in landfills
• Combustion of fossil fuels
• Rice farming

Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?

• Water vapor
• Sulfur dioxide
• Methane
• Nitrous oxide

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Which of the following is a major source of nitrous oxide? 

• Fertilizer production
• Aerosol cans
• Off-gassing of benzene from gasoline
• Metal smelting

What is the term used to describe substitutes for direct atmospheric measurement?

• Forcing components
• Coupled circulation models
• Proxy indicators
• Thermohaline circulation

Which of the following is NOT a proxy indicator?

• Tree rings

• Ice cores

• Pollen

• Cloud density

Over the last century, global average temperate has increased by...

• 1°C
• 2°C
• 3°C
• 4°C

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Which gas is the largest anthropogenic contributor to global warming?

• CO₂
• CH₄
• CFCs
• N₂O

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Which of the following will have the least impact on global sea level rise?

• Arctic sea ice melting
• Antarctic land ice melting
• Greenland ice sheet melting
• Thermal expansion of the oceans.

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