Greenhouse Gases
Causes of Global Warming
Impacts on Earth
Energy and Solutions
Climate
100
This gas is the most commonly discussed greenhouse gas from burning fossil fuels.
What is carbon dioxide?
100
Burning these fuels is one of the leading causes of global warming.
What are fossil fuels?
100
An example of the human impact due to global warming.
What is the rise in poverty?
100
Name one renewable energy source.
What is wind, solar, or hydropower?
100
The difference between climate and weather.
What is a 30-year time frame (climate), and what is weather, a short-term phenomenon?
200
This greenhouse gas is released in large amounts by livestock like cows.
What is methane?
200
This human activity removes trees that absorb CO₂.
What is deforestation?
200
A form of precipitation with sulfuric or nitric acid that falls to the ground.
What is Acid Rain?
200
This fuel is considered cleaner than coal but still contributes to global warming.
What is natural gas?
200
Name the 5 main layers of the atmosphere (closest to farthest).
Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere
300
This is a model of
What is methane?
300
Farming practices, particularly livestock (methane) and fertilizers (nitrous oxide), release potent greenhouse gases.
What is commercial agriculture?
300
This type of weather is becoming more frequent due to climate change.
What is extreme weather (hurricanes, droughts, heatwaves)?
300
This everyday action reduces your carbon footprint.
What is recycling, biking, saving energy, etc.?
300
Mesothermal or middle latitude climates.
What is Temperate?
400
This greenhouse gas is naturally present but increases as the temperature rises, acting as a feedback.
What is water vapor?
400
Factors like volcanic eruptions and variations in solar activity affect the climate.
What are natural factors?
400
Coral bleaching, stronger storms, or ecosystem disruption
What is warming of the ocean?
400
Trees help fight global warming.
What is they absorb CO₂ through photosynthesis?
400
Microthermal or continental climates.
What is cold?
500
The third largest contributor to warm temperatures. The release of gases into the air by power plants and fertilizers.
What is Nitrous Oxide?
500
Explain how greenhouse gases cause warming.
They trap heat in the atmosphere and prevent it from escaping into space (greenhouse effect).
500
The definition of Carbon Footprint
What is the total amount of greenhouse gases produced by a person/activity?
500
This type of radiation from the Sun enters Earth’s atmosphere.
What is ultraviolet radiation (or shortwave radiation)?
500
The 5 Koppen Climate Zones and the letter associated with them.
What is Tropical-A; Dry-B; Temperate-C; Cold-D; Polar- E?