Climate Change Human Impact

Things you can do to help decrease global warming include:

• Eat more ice cream.

• Keep your freezer door open.

• Keep your air conditioner on high.

• Turn off your lights when you’re not using them.

How do scientists collect evidence about climate?

• using remote sensing from space with satellites

• by ground-based measurements of surface temperatures, carbon dioxide concentration and sea level

• by collecting “proxy data” from tree rings, ice cores, and historical records

• all of the above

Increasing quantities of CO₂ (Carbon Dioxide) in the atmosphere will cause air temperatures to be _____. 

• warmer

• cooler

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Long-term weather conditions at a certain place is known as...

• Weather

• Climate

• Temperature

• Global warming

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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

The warming of the atmosphere by the trapping of heat being radiated to space is called

• evaporation

• condensation

• the greenhouse effect

• radiation

Which of the following is NOT evidence of global warming?

• Sea level rising

• Loss of Arctic Sea Ice

• Less Water Vapor in the Air

• More extreme weather events

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What are the main greenhouse gases?

• carbon dioxide, oxygen, water vapor, nitrous oxide, methane

• carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, water vapor, sulfur dioxide

• methane, water vapor, carbon dioxide, oxygen

• methane, water vapor, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide

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The greenhouse effect is due to

• the absorption and reradiation of infrared radiation by the atmosphere

• the reflection of ultraviolet radiation by the atmosphere

• the absorption of ultraviolet radiation by the atmosphere

• the reflection of infrared radiation from Earth's surface

• the absorption of ultraviolet radiation by Earth

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Which of the following human activities is a major contributor to climate change?

• Deforestation

• Recycling

• Composting

• Using public transport

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