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 _____.
climate
weather
Which has increased at about the same rate as global temperatures over the past 100 years?
Carbon dioxide
Volcanic eruptions
Tree rings
Sunlight reaching Earth
Which is not a greenhouse gas?
Oxygen
Water vapor
Carbon dioxide
Methane
Greenhouse gases are helpful to life on Earth.
TRUE
FALSE
When fossil fuels burn, they produce _____.
temperature
climate
atmosphere
carbon dioxide
Which is not a fossil fuel?
Natural gas
Oil
Solar
Coal
Increased global temperature is responsible for all but _________.
catastrophic wildfires
COVID-19
sea level rise
stronger hurricanes
One solution to decreasing global temperatures is to use _________.
less solar energy
more biofuels
less nuclear energy
more fossil fuels
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.
TRUE
FALSE
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.
Fossil Fuels
Greenhouse
Power station
Greenhouse gases are gases in the atmosphere like carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor that absorb infrared radiation.
True
False
