Environmental Studies · General Awareness

Greenhouse Gases and Atmosphere

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Review important questions related to greenhouse gases, global warming, and atmospheric changes. The practice set focuses on identifying major pollutants and their environmental impact. These concepts are tested in the general awareness and environmental studies sections.

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Greenhouse Gases and Atmosphere Questions

Multiple choice physics heat and energy

The green house gas is

  1. oxygen

  2. nitrogen

  3. chlorine

  4. carbon dioxide

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The green house gas is $CO 2$.
A greenhouse gas (sometimes abbreviated GHG) is a gas in an atmosphere that absorbs<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absorption
%28electromagnetic_radiation%29"> and emits radiation within the thermal infrared range. This process is the fundamental cause of the green house effect. The primary greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmophere are water vapor, $CO _2 $, $CH _4$ , nitrou oxide and Ozone.
Thus Option D is correct.

Multiple choice physics heat and energy

Which greenhouse gas has the highest global warming potential?

  1. Carbon dioxide

  2. Mathane

  3. Nitrous Oxide

  4. Suplhur Hexafluoride

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

This fluorinated gas absorbs the most heat over a hundred-year period. Its global warming potential is 23,500, compared to 28 for methane and 1 for carbon dioxide.

Multiple choice physics heat and energy

How long does methane stay in the atmosphere?

  1. $1$ month
  2. $1$ year
  3. $6$ years
  4. $12$ years
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

On average, methane lingers in the atmosphere for $12$ years, while $CO _2$ can remain for thousands of years.

Multiple choice physics heat and energy

Methane is a green house gas because

  1. It absorbs longer wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum while transmitting shorter wavelengths

  2. It absorbs shorter wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum while transmitting longer wavelengths

  3. It absorbs all wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum

  4. It transmits all wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Methane allows sunlight (shortwave radiation) to pass through the atmosphere freely, where it is then partially absorbed by the surface of the Earth. But some of this energy bounces back out towards space as heat. Of the heat emitted back to space, some is intercepted and absorbed by methane in the atmosphere. This molecular structure allows it to absorb some of the escaping heat and then re-emit it towards the Earth which increases global temperatures.

Multiple choice physics heat and energy

The greenhouse effect is caused by:

  1. Greenhouse gases in the lower atmosphere absorbing solar radiation

  2. Greenhouse gases in the lower atmosphere absorbing radiation from the Earth's surface, and preventing much of it escaping into space

  3. Too much heat in the atmosphere

  4. Too much sunshine reaching Earth

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The greenhouse effect simply describes the fundamental role our atmosphere plays in sustaining life on Earth. Energy from the sun in the form of sunlight passes through our atmosphere and warms the surface of the Earth which then emits the energy back into the atmosphere in the form of infrared radiation. Greenhouse gases, which make up only about one per cent of the atmosphere, absorb and re-emit some of this heat, preventing much of it leaving the Earth's atmosphere. This keeps the blue planet at a comfy temperature to sustain life.
But over time, climate scientists argue, our atmosphere has accumulated more greenhouse gases, in particular carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and fluorocarbons. This increased concentration of atmospheric gases traps more heat close to the Earth's surface in the lower atmosphere and increases the average global temperature. This process, called the 'enhanced greenhouse effect', is fundamental to global warming.

Multiple choice physics heat and energy

Energy-related $CO _2$ accounts for approximately what share of total U.S. human-made greenhouse gases?

  1. $20%$
  2. $40%$
  3. $60%$
  4. $80%$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

These emissionsmostly from burning coal, oil, and natural gasaccounted for 82 percent of all U.S. greenhouse gases in 2013.

Multiple choice
  1. Cows

  2. Cars

  3. Planes

  4. Nuclear Power Plants

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Livestock, particularly cattle, produce significant amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, through enteric fermentation. This contributes more to global greenhouse gas emissions than the entire transportation sector.

Multiple choice
  1. Nitrogen and CO2

  2. Oxygen and CO2

  3. Nitrogen and Oxygen

  4. CO2 and Water

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Earth's atmosphere is composed primarily of nitrogen (about 78%) and oxygen (about 21%), with trace amounts of other gases.

Multiple choice methane study of methane carbon- an important element hydrocarbons chemistry

Methane is a major component of :

  1. biogas

  2. producer gas

  3. natural gas

  4. All of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The main component of natural gas is methane. 

Generally, less than 5 percent of natural gas is ethane and propane. 
The main uses of methane natural gas are to generate electricity and make energy. Methane is the main component of natural gas. The combustion of methane releases energy, which is in the form of natural gas.

Multiple choice methane study of methane carbon- an important element hydrocarbons chemistry

Which are the gases formed in a biogas plant?

  1. $CO, CH _{4}$
  2. $CH _{4}, CO _{2}$
  3. $CO _{2}, O _{2}$
  4. $N _{2}, S _{2}$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Biogas is produced through the anaerobic breakdown of organic matter. The primary combustible gases produced are methane, which makes up the majority, along with carbon dioxide and small amounts of other gases.

Multiple choice geography pollution - preventive measures human activities and environmental degradation human activities and its impact on environment pollution, sources, effects and preventive measures

U.S.A. is the major producer of _____________.

  1. Carbon dioxide

  2. Carbon monoxide

  3. Methane

  4. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The USA is historically one of the largest emitters of carbon dioxide due to its large industrial base and energy consumption.

Multiple choice biology human influences on the environment human intervention in ecosystems humans in the environment involvement of humans in the conservation of environment

The largest store of carbon molecules on earth is in

  1. The atmosphere

  2. Fossil fuels

  3. Marine sediments

  4. Living organisms

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

When marine organisms die, their bodies sink into the sediments at the bottom of the ocean. The carbon from their bodies is released which forms marine sediments that arc the largest store of carbon on earth.

Multiple choice geography amazing energy energy and uses energy and its different forms energy

The gas produced by decaying agricultural waste, plant residues, animal dung etc. in the absence of air, is called _____________.

  1. carbon di oxide

  2. bio gas

  3. nitrogen

  4. ozone gas

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The gas produced by decaying agricultural waste, plant residues, animal dung etc. in the absence of air, is called Biogas.

Biogas is the mixture of gases produced by the breakdown of organic matter in the absence of oxygen. Biogas can be produced from raw materials such as agricultural waste, manure, municipal waste, plant material, sewage, green waste or food waste. Biogas is a renewable energy source.

Multiple choice biology physical resources air and winds wind energy air as a natural resource

What is categorized as a trace gas in earth's atmosphere?

  1. Nitrogen

  2. Oxygen

  3. Carbon dioxide

  4. Both a and b

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Trace gases are those present in very small concentrations in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is considered a trace gas, whereas Nitrogen and Oxygen are major components.