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What is the Greenhouse Effect?
What is the Greenhouse Effect?
- The process by which Earth's surface absorbs heat from the atmosphere and reradiates it back to space
- The process by which heat from Earth’s surface is absorbed by gases in the atmosphere and reradiated back to Earth (correct)
- The process by which greenhouse gases are emitted from Earth's surface into the atmosphere
- The process by which heat from the sun is absorbed by Earth's surface and reradiated back to space
What is the difference between climate change and global warming?
What is the difference between climate change and global warming?
- Climate change refers to rapid increase in Earth's average surface temperature, while global warming refers to significant changes in global temperature and other climate measures over several decades
- Climate change refers to the increase in greenhouse gas emissions, while global warming refers to the changes in wind patterns and precipitation
- Climate change refers to significant changes in global temperature, precipitation, wind patterns, and other measures of climate over several decades, while global warming is the rapid increase in Earth's average surface temperature primarily due to greenhouse gas emissions (correct)
- Climate change and global warming are terms that can be used interchangeably
What does the Greenhouse Effect do?
What does the Greenhouse Effect do?
- Reflects heat away from Earth, leading to cooling
- Prevents heat from reaching Earth, leading to freezing
- Absorbs heat from Earth’s surface and reradiates it back, leading to warming (correct)
- Traps heat in the Earth's core, leading to stable temperatures
Why is China the highest producer of greenhouse gases, according to Figure 3-4?
Why is China the highest producer of greenhouse gases, according to Figure 3-4?
What does the Greenhouse Effect refer to?
What does the Greenhouse Effect refer to?
Why is China the highest producer of greenhouse gases, according to Figure 3-4?
Why is China the highest producer of greenhouse gases, according to Figure 3-4?
What is the primary cause of global warming?
What is the primary cause of global warming?
What contributes more to the Greenhouse Effect, human or natural sources?
What contributes more to the Greenhouse Effect, human or natural sources?
Who came up with the idea of Continental Drift?
Who came up with the idea of Continental Drift?
What is the name of the supercontinent that formed 200 million years ago?
What is the name of the supercontinent that formed 200 million years ago?
What was one of the pieces of proof used by Alfred Wegener to support the theory of Continental Drift?
What was one of the pieces of proof used by Alfred Wegener to support the theory of Continental Drift?
What evidence supported the idea that glaciers had once covered the southern portions of South America, Australia, India, and Africa?
What evidence supported the idea that glaciers had once covered the southern portions of South America, Australia, India, and Africa?
What theory provided a more scientifically sound explanation for the movement of continents?
What theory provided a more scientifically sound explanation for the movement of continents?
How many major plates is the earth's surface (crust) divided into?
How many major plates is the earth's surface (crust) divided into?
What causes plates to move?
What causes plates to move?
How many types of plate boundaries are there?
How many types of plate boundaries are there?
