Greenhouse Gases and Ozone Layer

What would happen if the Ozone layer did not exist in the Stratosphere?

• Temperatures in the troposphere would decrease

• People would experience high temperatures

• Greenhouse gasses would increase

• nothing at all.

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Increased carbon dioxide may cause global warming by

• reducing the amount of oxygen in the air.

• allowing more sunlight into the atmosphere.

• trapping more heat in the atmosphere.

• reflecting more sunlight from clouds.

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Gas in Earth's atmosphere that absorbs most of the damaging high-energy UV radiation from the Sun is known as

• atmosphere

• climate

• ozone

• air pressure

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Infrared Radiation that is not absorbed by Greenhouse Gases is reflected back ....

• to the Earth

• to space

• to the toposphere

• to the ocean

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What substance is most responsible for ozone depletion?

• Carbon dioxide

• Carbon monoxide

• Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's)

• Chlorine gas

Water vapor and carbon dioxide are two types of greenhouse gases.

• True

• False

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Heat trapped by greenhouse gases is called

• Climate Change

• Ozone Layer

• Greenhouse Effect

• Global Warming

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What does ozone in the atmosphere do?

• it absorbs and traps heat energy

• it provides a place for water vapor to condense

• it protects against harmful uv radiation

• it helps plants grow

What are greenhouse gases?

• gases that cause climate change

• gases that emit green smoke

• gases that are used to make green colored glass

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The main human activity that releases greenhouse gases is

• using bottled water

• burning fossil fuels

• texting on cellphones

• eating meat

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