Climate and Human Impact

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 a trace gas?

• Carbon Dioxide

• Methane

• Water Vapor

• All of them

This is a natural fuel such as coal, oil, or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms.

• wind fuel

• nuclear fuel

• fossil fuels

• dinosaur fuels

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What is the primary greenhouse gas measured in the air bubbles trapped in the Vostok Ice Core?

• Nitrogen

• Carbon dioxide

• Oxygen

• Methane

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Which of the following activities contributes the most to carbon emissions globally?

• Deforestation

• Agriculture

• Burning fossil fuels

• Respiration

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What happens to the temperature if more greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere?

• Temperature goes up

• Temperature goes down

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Over the past 200 years, the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has

• decreased slightly.   

• increased until recently, and then decreased.

• increased steadily.   

• stayed about the same.

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Increased carbon dioxide may cause global warming by

• allowing more sunlight into the atmosphere.

• reflecting more sunlight from clouds.

• reducing the amount of oxygen in the air.   

• trapping more heat in the atmosphere.

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What are the three types of Milankovitch Cycle

• eccentricity, axial tilt, and precession.

• eccentricity, obliquity, and precession

• eccentricity and obliquity

What is the greenhouse effect?

• The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.

• The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.

• The heating of a solid, such as a rock.

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