Deck 6: Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse Effect

Question 1

The average daily temperature on Venus is 840 °C. Express this temperature on the Kelvin scale.

A) 450 K
B) 722 K
C) 177 K
D) 1113 K

Answer 1

1113 K

Question 2

The type of radiation that hits the Earth's surface in the highest percentage is infrared.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Which source removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

A) plants
B) oceans
C) phytoplankton
D) all of the above

Answer 3

all of the above

Question 4

Carbon dioxide warms the earth by

A) absorbing ultraviolet light and emitting longer wavelength light.
B) the greenhouse effect.
C) reacting exothermally with water vapor in the atmosphere.
D) being radioactive.

Question 5

What is the problem with increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

A) its lack of consumption in respiration
B) a rise in pH of ocean water
C) too much UV radiation being absorbed
D) global warming

Question 6

Which type of radiation is the most energetic?

A) microwaves
B) visible
C) ultraviolet
D) infrared

Question 7

Convert 370 ppm carbon dioxide to a percentage?

A) 0.00037%
B) 0.0037%
C) 0.037%
D) 0.37%

Question 8

What does a plant covert carbon dioxide into during photosynthesis?

A) sugar
B) water
C) carbon monoxide
D) methane

Question 9

What is the greenhouse effect?

A) solar radiation is trapped and reemitted as heat
B) the increase in plant material
C) UV radiation is absorbed and reemitted as heat
D) all of these

Question 10

The highest recorded temperature on earth was 136°F in El Azizia, Libya. What is this temperature in Celsius?

A) 104°C
B) 277°C
C) 58°C
D) 76°C

Question 11

Which molecule will absorb infrared radiation?

A) oxygen
B) methane
C) nitrogen
D) argon

Question 12

Which is an example of an anthropogenic contribution to carbon dioxide production?

A) volcanoes
B) burning of fossil fuels
C) forest fires
D) decaying plant and animal material

Question 13

How are carbon dioxide concentrations determined from thousands of years ago?

A) analysis of decayed plant material
B) analysis of ice samples
C) analysis of the atmosphere
D) analysis of the Earth's core

Question 14

Which of the following is not considered an air pollutant?

A) water vapor
B) ozone
C) nitric oxide
D) sulfur dioxide

Question 15

How is radiation absorbed?

A) by increasing the molecular vibrations of molecules
B) by converting atoms to ions
C) by breaking chemical bonds
D) all of the above

Question 16

Based on the data taken at the observatory on Mauna Loa, from 1995 to 2005 the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased by approximately

A) 360 ppm
B) 380 ppm.
C) 20 ppm
D) 80 ppm
E) 100 ppm

Question 17

What is another name for infrared radiation?

A) gamma rays
B) heat
C) kilocalorie
D) greenhouse gas

Question 18

What substance naturally found in the atmosphere seems to be increasing in concentration over the years?

A) oxygen
B) nitrogen
C) carbon dioxide
D) carbon monoxide

Question 19

How much energy is in a gamma ray with a frequency of 2.5 $\times$ 10²⁰ s^-1 (E = h $v$ where h = 1.58 $\times$ 10^-34 cal · s)

A) 4.0 $\times$ 10²⁰ cal
B) 4.0 $\times$ 10⁵⁴ cal
C) 4.0 $\times$ 10^-20 cal
D) 4.0 $\times$ 10^-14 cal

Question 20

What happens to most of the UV radiation in our atmosphere?

A) absorbed by plants
B) absorbed by greenhouse gases
C) absorbed by ozone
D) absorbed by nitrogen

Question 21

As a result of global warming the concentration of carbon dioxide in the oceans of the world will decrease.

Question 22

Both CO and CO₂ are considered to be greenhouse gases.

Question 23

MATCHING
Consider the image below showing the Earth's surface and the arrows representing electromagnetic radiation. Answer the following questions based on this image.

Which arrow or sets of arrows represent the natural greenhouse effect?

A)A
B)B
C)C
D)D

Question 24

The concentration of N₂O given in the table is equivalent to ________ppm.

Question 25

Decreases in temperature at night due to radiational cooling are larger on cloudy nights as compared to clear nights.

Question 26

MATCHING
Consider the image below showing the Earth's surface and the arrows representing electromagnetic radiation. Answer the following questions based on this image.

Which arrow or sets of arrows do not represent only IR radiation?

A)A
B)B
C)C
D)D

Question 27

MATCHING
Consider the image below showing the Earth's surface and the arrows representing electromagnetic radiation. Answer the following questions based on this image.

Which arrow or sets of arrows represents the cause of global warming?

A)A
B)B
C)C
D)D

Question 28

Consider the table given below.
The gas that is the least efficient in absorbing IR radiation is _________.

Question 29

MATCHING
Consider the image below showing the Earth's surface and the arrows representing electromagnetic radiation. Answer the following questions based on this image.

Which arrow or sets of arrows do not contribute to the warming of the troposphere?

A)A
B)B
C)C
D)D

Question 30

The concentration of O₃ given in the table is equivalent to ________ppb.

Question 31

The following correctly ranks the forms of electromagnetic radiation in order of increasing energy (smallest to largest).
UV < Visible < IR