Geography - Global Warming

Question 1

what gases are major causes of global warming

Answer 1

carbon dioxide and methane

Question 2

what is happening to the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere

Answer 2

the concentration is gradually increasing

Question 3

what is an effect of the ‘blanket’ around Earth’s atmosphere

Answer 3

it is keeping the heat in the atmosphere

Question 4

what does the ‘greenhouse effect’ result in

Answer 4

increases in global temperature

Question 5

what country contributes to over 1/4 of all CO2 emissions

Answer 5

USA

Question 6

where is the hole in the ozone layer

Answer 6

over Antartica

Question 7

which uses more energy - LEDCs or MEDCs

Answer 7

MEDCs

Question 8

approximately how much do scientists expect the sea levels to rise by over the next hundred years

Answer 8

10-90cm