Impact on Climate

Water vapor is a greenhouse gas

• True

• False

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The way in which heat is trapped close to the surface of Earth by gases in our atmosphere is known as

• The Trapping Effect

• The Gaseous Effect

• The Greenhouse Effect

• The Earth Energy Budget Effect

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When did climate change (CO2 in the atmosphere) increase significantly?

• 1800s Industrial Revolution

• 1600s Industrial Revolution

• 1800 Crusades

• 1600 Crusades

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In the 1800's why did CO2 levels increase significantly?

• New factories were being built that caused more pollution

• The civil war caused more pollution

• Scientists figured out how to clean up pollution in the air

• It did not increase

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What are some potential consequences of climate change?

• The sea levels will rise putting seaside towns and cities at risk of drowning

• The sea levels will drop putting seaside towns and cities at risk of drowning

• More extreme weather

• Animals will be able to adapt to the changes

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MAIN greenhouse gas responsible for Climate Change is:

• nitrogen

• carbon

• carbon dioxide

• methane

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Which natural process removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

• forest fires

• volcanic eruptions

• cellular respiration

• photosynthesis

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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 is the best conclusion that can be made from this graph?

• atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have been decreasing since 1960

• Hawaii has a lot of carbon dioxide

• humans have been working hard to decrease carbon dioxide levels

• atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have increased steadily since 1960

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The graph shows us that

• the earth temperature is always increasing

• the earth's temperature has steadily increased since 1900

• the earth's temperature has steadily rising since the 1960s

• the earth's temperature decreased during the 19th and 20th centuries

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