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B7: Quiz 12
B7: Quiz 12
1) Write down 3 of the greenhouse gases?
2) Give 2 activities that has led to an increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere on earth.
3) How can we monitor how the concentrations of gases in the atmosphere have changed over time?
4) How do the greenhouse gases allow life to be supported on earth?
5) Fill in the gaps in the paragraph below.
The sun emits ______ wave infrared radiation that passes through the earth’s atmosphere and hits the earth. The earth absorbs some of this energy and the rest is ______ as ______ wave infrared radiation. Some of the ______ wave infrared radiation is absorbed by ______ ______ who then heat up and reradiate this thermal energy in all directions including back down towards earth.
6) Give 3 effects of climate change. You do not need to go into detail about each of the effects.
7) The majority of scientists believe that the increased quantity of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere over the previous few hundred years are responsible for global warming/ climate change. But, why is it hard to say for certain that the increase in greenhouse gases is responsible for climate change/ global warming?
2) Give 2 activities that has led to an increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere on earth.
3) How can we monitor how the concentrations of gases in the atmosphere have changed over time?
4) How do the greenhouse gases allow life to be supported on earth?
5) Fill in the gaps in the paragraph below.
The sun emits ______ wave infrared radiation that passes through the earth’s atmosphere and hits the earth. The earth absorbs some of this energy and the rest is ______ as ______ wave infrared radiation. Some of the ______ wave infrared radiation is absorbed by ______ ______ who then heat up and reradiate this thermal energy in all directions including back down towards earth.
6) Give 3 effects of climate change. You do not need to go into detail about each of the effects.
7) The majority of scientists believe that the increased quantity of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere over the previous few hundred years are responsible for global warming/ climate change. But, why is it hard to say for certain that the increase in greenhouse gases is responsible for climate change/ global warming?