Greenhouse Gas
Carbon Dioxide
Natural Causes
Climate Change
Mixed Bag
100

Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas? a) water vapor b) nitrous oxide c) artificial fertilizers d) carbon dioxide or e) Methane

c) artificial fertilizers

100

What was the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere over 270 years ago? (before the Industrial Revolution)

280 ppm

100

What natural cause increases ocean surface temperature in the Pacific and can possibly suppress hurricane activity in the Atlantic

El Nino

100

Current conditions (temp, humidity and precipitation) that can change quickly?

Weather

100
What do cyclical changes in the tilt and shape of the Earth's orbit around the Sun cause?
Ice Ages
200

True or False: The Greenhouse Effect allows heat or infrared energy from Earth's surface to pass directly out through the atmosphere and back into space.

False

200

What is the current level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere today?

424 ppm

200

Does the answer for question 1 in this category make it warmer or cooler

Warmer

200

Temperature, precipitation and air pressure over many years?

Climate

200
What is the name of the process in which plants release oxygen into the air?
photosynthesis
300

This changes earth's climate more than any other human activity

Burning Fossil Fuels

300
Can you think of two fossil fuels used at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution that increased greenhouse gases?

Coal and Oil

300

Volcanic eruptions release what two greenhouse gases

Carbon dioxide and water vapor

300

North Carolina is in what Koppen Climate Classification zone?

C (Green)

300
What are three ways we can reduce greenhouse gases

Carpool, public transportation, eat local foods, reduce/recycle/reuse, less clearcutting

400

What has been happening to atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere over the past 200 years?

It has been increasing.

400

True or False: Photosynthesis releases carbon dioxide into the air.

False.

400

Forest fires increase Carbon Dioxide or Methane atmospheric concentrations

Carbon Dioxide

400

List three indirect measurements (proxy indicators) used today by scientists?

Oral/written records, ice core samples, tree ring growth measurements, soil and lake/ocean sediment samples, coral mineralogy samples

400
What molecule alters the chemistry of the ocean, leading to Acidification

Carbon Dioxide

500

What should be included to help reduce heat absorption when planning and building urban (city) areas 

Green Spaces

500

True or False - During Cellular respiration, carbon dioxide is released

True

500

What phenomena results in an increases in the sun's energy

Sunspots

500

Name three ways that climate change is affecting the oceans?

arctic sea ice is melting, coral reefs are dying and ocean water is becoming more acidic

500

What sensitive ocean structures are negatively impacted by Acidification

Coral Reefs

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