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All of the following statements would reduce the amount of methane released into the atmosphere EXCEPT: A.) Stop burning fossil fuels B.) Raise more livestock C.) Collect methane from trash dumps D.) Recycle more
What is b, raise more livestock.
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What are greenhouse gases?
What are heat-trapping atmospheric gases.
100
What is the ultimate cause of the current global warming trend?
What is human activity.
100
Based on current research the amount of carbon dioxide in the Easrth's atmosphere during the last 2000 years has?
What is increased continually.
100
True or false, global warming is a myth.
What is false.
200
Which activity does not help conserve energy? A.) Recycling B.) Using a power strip for electronics C.) Driving an electric car D.) Leaving a computer on.
What is leaving a computer on.
200
Which of the following is a greenhouse gas in Earth's atmosphere?
What is carbon dioxide.
200
What are the complex weather patterns resulting from variations in ocean temperatures?
What are El nino and la nina.
200
How do scientist get the most reliable average temperrature of Earth?
What is collecting data from weather stations around the globe.
200
What is the difference between weather and climate?
What is weather is what occurs daily and climate is the average temperature over long periods of time.
300
Which of these can people do in order to help reduce global warming? A.) Conserve energy B.) Burn Coal C.) Produce Methane D.) Remove Trees
What is conserve energy.
300
Of the four, which three contribute to global warming? A.) Burning Trees B.) The hole in the ozone layer C.) Industrial Pollution D.) Auto emissions
What is burning trees, idustrial pollutions, and auto emissions.
300
All of the following are cause of global warming except for: A.) increased hurricanes B.) Receding glaciers C.) Increasing Temperatures D.) Decreasing coastal water levels
What is decreasing coastal water levels.
300
Based on the graph, what can you conclude about the 19th century?
What is it reflects the greatest temperature increase.
300
Does global warming mean that every place on Earth is getting warmer?
What is no, just but the world average temperature is rising.
400
Name three ways we can or have already reduced our carbon footprint at this school.
What is: recycle more than just aluminum cans (paper, plastic, etc) turn off the lights when they're not being used make sure paper is used on both sides solar pannels on green house using water and fish as an energy source battery operated transport vehicles grow organic food set the thermostat somewhere in the middle
400
Which gas is the largest contributor to global warming?
What is carbon dioxide.
400
The greenhouse effect results from?
What is infrared radiation being trapped by the atmosphere.
400
Which of the statements is true according to the graph? A.) Earth's mean temperature has never been hotter than it is today. B.) The level of CO2 is about the same as before. C.) The mean global temperature 60,000 years earlier was less than today. D.) The level of CO2 in the atmosphere 150,000 years ago was 280 parts per million.
What is c, the mean global temperature 60,000 years earlier was less than today.
400
Which of the following is not a key force in climate change? a.) El Nino/ La nina b.) Volcanic activity c.) Solar radiance d.) Change in plant life
What is d, a change in plant life.
500
List 3 factors that have attributed to global warming:
What are: human activity el nino/la nina burning of fossil fuels power plants carbon emissions from transportation use of CFC's
500
Which man-made gas is responsible for damaging the ozone layer?
What are chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's).
500
If global warming continues and sea levels continue to rise, what will eventually happen to California?
What is flood and eventually become completely submerged.
500
Based on the graph, what is the correlation between CO2 levels and Earth's temperature?
What is as one increases, so does the other.
500
If the amount of carbon dioxide is measured in parts per million and the amount of methane is measured in parts per billion, what does this tell us about the levels of carbon dioxide?
What is a higher concentration.