EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE QUIZ 3

______________has resulted in significant climate changes.

Plate tectonics

______________are responsible for the hole in the ozone layer.

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)

The _____ set guidelines on the amount of air pollution considered acceptable. Environmental Protection Act Clean Air Act of 1970 Air is Awesome Act of 1990 Go Green Act

Clean Air Act of 1970

What are some actions that can be taken to remedy air pollution? Select all that apply. Run your air conditioner at a higher setting Using humidifiers everywhere Government passing regulatory laws Car emissions testing Burning wood instead of charcoal in your grill Carpooling and less driving overall

Government passing regulatory laws Car emissions testing Carpooling and less driving overall

Every 100,000 years, the Earth's orbit becomes more elongated. This change in orbit has caused past ice ages and is called a _____. condensation cycle Milankovitch trend Milankovitch cycle elliptical cycle

Milankovitch cycle

Select all of the answers that apply. If global warming were to raise temperatures 1.5°C to 4.5°C, what would most-likely happen? We'd get a better tan. Polar ice caps would melt, increasing sea levels. Wildlife would have to migrate or die. The ozone layer would be depleted. Hurricanes and typhoons could increase in intensity. Glaciation would occur.

Polar ice caps would melt, increasing sea levels. Wildlife would have to migrate or die. Hurricanes and typhoons could increase in intensity.

What would the climate be like without the greenhouse effect? Back to normal with no threat of global warming Too cold for many living organisms Mostly temperate near the equator and extremely cold at the poles Extremely dry with no moisture in the air

Too cold for many living organisms

In the greenhouse effect, the earth's atmosphere acts like_____________that warms the earth.

a blanket

Glass windows allow light in, but trap the heat inside. This describes _____. a greenhouse effect convection global warming conduction

a greenhouse effect

Nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides make _____. acid rain ozone CFCs hydrocarbons

acid rain

Select all of the answers that apply. If you have respiratory or heart problems, _____ can make it worse. carbon monoxide oxygen nitrogen sulfur oxide nitrogen oxide

carbon monoxide sulfur oxide nitrogen oxide

It is believed that water________may affect climate.

global warming

Certain gases in the atmosphere, like carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and methane, absorb heat and prevent it from escaping into space. These gases are _____. primary gases greenhouse gases ozone gases variable gases

greenhouse gases

Select all of the answers that apply. Which of the following are measures taken to reduce air pollution? higher fuel efficiency for cars mass transit, like buses and trains automobile emissions tests building more roads limiting power plant emissions selling more cars

higher fuel efficiency for cars mass transit, like buses and trains automobile emissions tests limiting power plant emissions

Air pollution comes from _____. atmospheric circulation human industrialization biogeochemical cycles the sick and diseased

human industrialization