This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greenhouse > Greenhouse – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Greenhouse Quiz 8 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where is most of Earth's Water? A) In glaciers. B) In rivers. C) In the ground. D) In oceans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In oceans. 2. What is greenhouse effect? A) The greenhouse effect is a natural process that warms the Earth's surface. When the Sun's energy reaches the Earth's atmosphere, some of it is reflected back to space and the rest is absorbed and re-radiated by greenhouse gases. B) The absorbed energy warms the atmosphere and the surface of the Earth. C) Both a & b. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both a & b. 3. Which of the following gases, released by animals as a waste product of digestion, can add to global warming? A) Carbon Dioxide. B) Methane. C) Chlorofluorocarbon. D) Nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Methane. 4. What layer of the atmosphere protects us? A) The ozone layer. B) Troposphere. C) Thermosphere. D) Stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The ozone layer. 5. One thing people in the United States could do to reduce air pollution is A) Drive their cars more. B) Burn more fossil fuels. C) Use more public transportation. (Which would mean less vehicles on road). D) Build more factories. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Use more public transportation. (Which would mean less vehicles on road). 6. The gas that is most abundant (highest percentage) in the atmosphere is A) Nitrogen (N2). B) Oxygen (O2). C) Argon (Ar). D) Carbon dioxide (CO2). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nitrogen (N2). 7. Full form of IPCC is A) Intergovernmental Pollution Control Committee. B) Indian Policies for Change in Climate. C) International Pollution Control Committee. D) Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change. 8. What the most common type of detached greenhouse for commercial production? A) Lean-To. B) Ridge. C) Quonset. D) Detatched. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quonset. 9. ..... produced by microbial processes in soil and water, including those reactions which occur in fertilizer containing nitrogen A) Methane. B) Nitrous Oxide. C) Water vapor. D) Carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nitrous Oxide. 10. Which of the following gasses is a bad greenhouse gas A) H2O. B) CO2. C) C3PO. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CO2. 11. What gas from the list below is greenhouse gas and a cause for global warming? A) Nitrogen. B) Oxygen. C) Carbon Dioxide. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon Dioxide. 12. As greenhouse gasses increase, what happens to heat flow out? A) Increase. B) Decrease. C) Stays the Same. D) No Trend. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decrease. 13. What would be Earth's temperature without green house gases? A) Earth's temperatures would be cold, oceans would freeze. B) The same, green house gases do not affect Earth's temperature. C) Earth's temperature would be 90 Fahrenheit. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earth's temperatures would be cold, oceans would freeze. 14. How do enhanced greenhouse effect affect people A) The sun will die off. B) The Earth will dry up. C) Electricity will run out. D) The Earth's temperature will change. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Earth's temperature will change. 15. In the past, refrigerators, aerosol spray propellants, hair spray, and cleaning solvents were all sources of a greenhouse gas known as ..... A) CO2. B) Methane. C) Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC). D) Water vapour. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC). 16. Why do we need greenhouse gasses? A) We don't! All greenhouse gasses are bad. B) They help regulate Earth's climate. C) They decrease Earth's temperature. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They help regulate Earth's climate. 17. Contains solid inner metal core, liquid outer core, and rocky mantle and crust. A) Hydrosphere. B) Geosphere. C) Biosphere. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geosphere. 18. How does carbon dioxide in the atmosphere affect climate? A) As carbon dioxide increases, temperatures decrease. B) As carbon dioxide increases, temperatures increase. C) Carbon dioxide concentrations have no affect on climate. D) As carbon dioxide concentratons increase, temperatures become more random. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As carbon dioxide increases, temperatures increase. 19. What gas from the list below is a one of the greenhouse gases? A) Urethane. B) Oxygen. C) Carbon Dioxide. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon Dioxide. 20. At what point in human history did global carbon dioxide levels start to rise? A) World War I. B) World War II. C) The Industrial Revolution. D) The invention of the car. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Industrial Revolution. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGreenhouse Quiz 1Greenhouse Quiz 2Greenhouse Quiz 3Greenhouse Quiz 4Greenhouse Quiz 5Greenhouse Quiz 6Greenhouse Quiz 7Greenhouse Quiz 9Greenhouse Quiz 10Greenhouse Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books