An unusually warm day in the winter is an example of _______.
climate
weather
The average temperature and amount of precipitation over time is an example of _____.
weather
climate
Which has increased at about the same rate as global temperatures over the past 100 years?
Carbon dioxide
Tree rings
Volcanic eruptions
Sunlight reaching Earth
Which is not a greenhouse gas?
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Water vapor
Methane
Greenhouse gases are helpful to life on Earth.
FALSE
TRUE
When fossil fuels burn, they produce _____.
atmosphere
climate
temperature
carbon dioxide
Which is not a fossil fuel?
Coal
Oil
Solar
Natural gas
Increased global temperature is responsible for all but _________.
stronger hurricanes
sea level rise
catastrophic wildfires
COVID-19
One solution to decreasing global temperatures is to use _________.
more fossil fuels
more biofuels
less nuclear energy
less solar energy
Climate scientists agree human activity is causing global temperatures to rise.
FALSE
TRUE
Biofuel - Fuels made from plants or algae that are a form of renewable energy.
FALSE
TRUE
A slowly moving mass of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles.
Glacier
Greenhouse
Coal, oil, and natural gas formed from the fossilized, buried remains of plants and animals that lived millions of years ago.
Greenhouse
Fossil Fuels
Power station
Greenhouse gases are gases in the atmosphere like carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor that absorb infrared radiation.
False
True
