Greenhouse Quiz 11 (30 MCQs)

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1. What percentage of the Earth is covered by water?
2. What is a change in global and regional climate patterns attributed to an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels.
3. How does convection work?
4. What is the most common gas in our atmosphere?
5. Which of the following can ADD carbon to the atmosphere?
6. "The atmosphere helps humans to survive on Earth."What information from the text best supports this statement?
7. A greenhouse gas which is present in very high amounts is
8. How many countries have signed the Kyoto Protocol?
9. Which of the following natural events would be most likely to contribute to the cooling of Earth's atmosphere?
10. What is enhanced greenhouse effect
11. Which of the following do your plants need to grow?
12. Where do greenhouse gas emissions come from?
13. Melting of glaciers and polar ice caps .....
14. What is the product made from plants during photosynthesis?
15. What Would Happen to Earth if the Enhanced Greenhouse Effect Did Not Exist?
16. Which environmental control should Joe use to cause lights to automatically turn on and off at certain times?
17. What is glazing?
18. Which type of equipment cools down the greenhouse by pulling hot air from the inside of the greenhouse to the outside?
19. Why is the Ozone important to life on Earth?
20. Which of the following is an example of a greenhouse gas?
21. Which one of these is not a greenhouse gas?
22. The Greenhouse Effect is
23. Volcanoes can cool the climate by .....
24. Why does an over population create more greenhouse gases
25. Which of the following is NOT a major source of methane in our atmosphere?
26. The oceans make up 70% of Earth's surface. They regulate the overall temperature of the earth by absorbing a great deal of solar energy and heating up slowly. What is true about the oceans' release of heat?
27. What SUPPLIES energy that plants need to make sugars for food?
28. Which do seeds need to germinate?
29. Currently, about 10% of Earth is covered with ice year-round. If this ice melts, what could happen to Earth's temperature?
30. What would the speaker in "I Stepped from Plank to Plank" most likely do if she saw the boy in "Child on Top of the Greenhouse"?