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Multiple choice zoology human influences on the environment carbon cycle ozone layer depletion and causes depletion of ozone layer

The most abundant greenhouse gas in the earth's atmosphere:

  1. Carbon dioxide $(CO _{2})$
  2. Nitrous oxide $(N _{2}O)$
  3. Water vapor $(H _{2}O)$
  4. Methane $(CH _{4})$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Water vapor is the most abundant greenhouse gas in the atmosphere, though its concentration is highly variable and it is not typically considered a direct driver of anthropogenic climate change.

Multiple choice zoology human influences on the environment carbon cycle ozone layer depletion and causes depletion of ozone layer

The green house gases, otherwise called radioactively active gases includes

  1. Carbon dioxide
  2. $CH _{4}$
  3. $N _{2}O$

  4. All of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O) are all greenhouse gases that trap heat in the atmosphere. They are called 'radiatively active' gases because they absorb and emit infrared radiation, though the question incorrectly states 'radioactively.' Each of these gases contributes to the natural greenhouse effect to varying degrees.

Multiple choice zoology human influences on the environment carbon cycle ozone layer depletion and causes depletion of ozone layer

___________ is the phenomenon where the earth retains heat.

  1. Air pollution

  2. Green house effect

  3. Global effect

  4. Land pollution
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The greenhouse effect is the process by which greenhouse gases in the atmosphere trap heat from the sun, preventing it from escaping back into space and thereby warming the Earth.

Multiple choice zoology human influences on the environment carbon cycle ozone layer depletion and causes depletion of ozone layer

Which gas plays a major role in global warming?

  1. Carbon monoxide

  2. Nitrogen

  3. Carbon dioxide

  4. Sulphur dioxide
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The warming up of the atmosphere due to trapped radiation is called green house effect. Green house gases like carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide etc; increase in green house gases leads to global  warming.

Multiple choice zoology human influences on the environment carbon cycle ozone layer depletion and causes depletion of ozone layer

Green house effect is caused by

  1. Green plants

  2. Infrared rays

  3. UV rays

  4. X-rays
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

When solar radiation enters the atmosphere, it is absorbed by the clouds and gases and heats the earth's surface. The earth, in return, reflects some of this heat into the atmosphere as infrared radiation. Most of this infrared radiation gets absorbed by atmospheric gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone, commonly known as greenhouse gases. These gases send the infrared radiation back to the earth's surface, thereby heating the surface again. This cycle repeats several times, thereby resulting in the greenhouse effect.

So, the correct answer is 'Infrared rays'.

Multiple choice zoology human influences on the environment carbon cycle ozone layer depletion and causes depletion of ozone layer

Which of the following contribute to green house effect?

  1. Methane

  2. Carbondioxide

  3. CFCs

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

(The greenhouse effect is the natural process by which the atmosphere traps some of the Sun's energy,  warming the Earth enough to support life.  Most mainstream scientists believe a human-driven increase in "greenhouse gases" is increasing the effect artificially.
These gases include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, water vapour, CFCs, ozone etc. Ozone in the stratosphere acts as a protective layer, but harmful if it is present in the troposphere).

So, the correct answer is All of the above'.

Multiple choice zoology human influences on the environment carbon cycle ozone layer depletion and causes depletion of ozone layer

A natural phenomenon that becomes harmful due to pollution is _____________.

  1. Global warming

  2. Ecological balance

  3. Greenhouse effect

  4. Desertification
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Solar radiation is absorbed in the Earth's surface and emitted as thermal energy that can be re-absorbed by greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gases include water vapor, carbon dioxide, ozone, and methane; the major components of atmospheric gas nitrogen, oxygen, and argon are transparent to infrared radiation. The greenhouse effect insulates the earth's surface, making it hospitable to life; however, human activities have increased the concentration of these gases, causing global warming.

So, the correct answer is 'Greenhouse effect'.