Greenhouse Quiz 4 (30 MCQs)

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1. Certain gases in the atmosphere - water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide - help maintain the Earth's temperatures and climate. These are called:..... .
2. What is the warming trend on the surface and in the lower atmosphere of a planet, held by scientists to occur when solar radiation is trapped, as by emissions from the planet.
3. Temperature changes according to the seasons.
4. Which process accurately describes the formation of the greenhouse effect?
5. How have humans contributed to greenhouse gas emissions?
6. In "Child on Top of the Greenhouse, " the boy seems to
7. Excess carbon in the atmosphere results in
8. ..... ventilation allows warm air to escape while drawing in fresh, cooler air.
9. You are considering making an energy saving change to your house. Which of these would save energy?
10. In lakes that are exposed to acid rain, fish populations are declining. This is primarily due to changes in which lake condition?
11. The primary anthropogenic activity that releases greenhouse gases is .....
12. The Greenhouse Gases are like what around our earth?
13. What is the main purpose of a greenhouse?
14. The percentage of global warming caused by CO2, Methane, Nitrous Oxide is ..... ..... .....
15. All of the following are Greenhouse gasses except .....
16. This greenhouse gas is a byproduct of human activities like industrialization
17. Use of fertilizers and pesticides raises the level of this gas resulting depletion of surface ozone
18. How much Carbon dioxide (CO2) is in Earth's atmosphere today?
19. Which sets of three items produce CFCs
20. If more energy is released by the Earth than absorbed, what will happen to global temperatures?
21. What is the best way to determine of the young plants in your 6-paks need water?
22. What is a group of related things or parts that function together as a whole.
23. The heat trapped by greenhouse gases is released via
24. What type of covering do we have on our greenhouses? (over the top, not on the ends
25. What is the most critical environmental factor of greenhouse plant production?
26. What happens when air is heated?
27. Is infrared visible to the human eye?
28. Several greenhouse gases occur in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is one of them, but so are methane and oxides of nitrogen. Why are oxides of nitrogen classed as greenhouse gases?
29. Without the Greenhouse Effect the Earth would be
30. What is a natural source of Carbon dioxide?