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The greenhouse effect - class-IX

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Green house effect is the:

  1. trapping of radiation in the atmosphere

  2. trapping of water molecule in the atmosphere


  3. trapping of gases in the atmosphere

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Our atmosphere allows the high frequency radiation (Infrared rays) to pass through it, which comes from sun. This radiation reaches to earth and after some absorption (this radiation is also absorbed and radiated by green house gases), earth reflects back low frequency radiation (Infrared rays) which cannot pass through the atmosphere. This radiation is trapped in our atmosphere and keeps our atmosphere warm, this is called green house effect.

Green house effect was discovered by: 

  1. Fischer

  2. Joseph Lister

  3. Joseph Fourier

  4. None


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Process of warming of planet's surface and its lower atmosphere by the absorption of infrared radiations of long wavelength given out from the surface of a planet is known as green house effect.  In 1824, Joseph Fourier discovered the green house effect.

Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas?

  1. Carbon dioxide

  2. Sulphur dioxide

  3. Methane

  4. Ozone


Correct Option: B

Ozone layer blocks the radiations of wave length

  1. less than $3 \times 10^{-7}$ m

  2. equal to $3 \times 10^{-7}$ m

  3. more than $3 \times 10^{-7}$ m

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: A

Carbon monoxide present in the air is the cause of acid rain.

  1. True

  2. False

  3. Ambiguous

  4. Data insufficient


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

false,
pollution from burning of fossil fuels is the major cause of acid rain. The main chemicals in air pollution that create acid rain are sulfur dioxide ($s{o} _{2}$) and nitrogen ($N{o} _{x}$).

Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas?

  1. $H _2O \ (vapour)$

  2. $CFCs$

  3. $N _2$

  4. $O _3$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In the given options,other than nitrogen gas,rest all the gases has the capability of trapping the heat rays reflecting from the earth.(they trap the heat rays because they have certain properties which are either enhanced or reduced due to heat)


Name of green house gases.

  1. methane

  2. oxygen

  3. nitrogen

  4. none of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  1. Carbon dioxide 
    2. Methane 
    3. Nitrous oxide 

Which of the following greenhouse gas is not present in very high quantity?

  1. methane

  2. ethane

  3. propane

  4. $CO _2$


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

greenhouse gas is a gas that absorbs and emits radiant energy within the thermal infrared range. Greenhouse gases cause the greenhouse effect on planets. The primary greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere are water vapour $(H _2O)$, carbon dioxide $(CO _2)$, methane $CH _4)$, nitrous oxide $(N _2O)$ and ozone $(O _3)$. Among the given gases, $CO _2$ is not present in very high quantity.

The extent that a greenhouse gas warms the Earth depends on:

  1. the length of time it remains in the atmosphere

  2. its ability to absorb energy

  3. both A and B

  4. none of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Scientists use these factors to calculate a gass global warming potential, which measures how much heat it absorbs per pound.

The earth's transparent for the ________ radiations of short wavelengths coming from the sun.

  1. Infrared

  2. UV

  3. X ray

  4. All


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Process of warming of planet's surface and its lower atmosphere by the absorption of infrared radiations of long wavelength given out from the surface of a planet is known as green house effect.  In 1824, Joseph Fourier discovered the green house effect. The earth's transparent for the infrared radiations of short wavelengths coming from the sun. The high energy radiations such as X rays, gamma rays, UV rays are absorbed by the ozone layer while the low energy radiations namely infrared radiations of long wavelength and radio waves are reflected back into the space.

Greenhouse gases keep the earth:

  1. Cool

  2. Warm

  3. No effect

  4. Information insufficient


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Since greenhouse gases trap heat rays (infrared rays) which due to irradiation keeps the earth warm.

Process of warming of planet's surface and its lower atmosphere by the absorption of infrared radiations of long wavelength given out from the surface of a planet.

  1. Global warming

  2. Green house effect

  3. Pasteur effect

  4. All


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Process of warming of planet's surface and its  lower atmosphere by the absorption of infrared radiations of long wavelength given out from the surface of a planet is known as green house effect. In 1824, Joseph Fourier discovered the green house effect.

Greenhouse gases absorb:

  1. Ultraviolet radiations

  2. Visible light radiations

  3. Microwave radiations

  4. Infrared radiations


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

They trap the heat rays because they have certain properties which are either enhanced or reduced due to heat.Capturing infrared rays is a characteristic properties of greenhouse gases.


Without green house effect, the average temperature of earth's surface would have been

  1. -18$^o$C

  2. 33$^o$C

  3. 0$^o$C

  4. 15$^o$C


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The greenhouse effect itself occurs when short-wave solar radiation (which is not impeded by the greenhouse gases) heats the surface of the Earth, and the energy is radiated back through the Earth's atmosphere as heat, with a longer wavelength. In the wavelengths 5-30m a lot of this thermal radiation is absorbed by water vapour and carbon dioxide, which in turn radiate it, thus heating the atmosphere and land and ocean surface. This is natural and what keeps the Earth habitable.

Without the greenhouse effect overnight temperatures would plunge and the average surface temperature would be about minus 18C, about the same as on the moon, which lacks the shroud of our atmosphere.
Thus Option A is correct.

After $CO _2$, which greenhouse gas accounts for the next largest share?

  1. Suphur dioxide

  2. Methane

  3. Nitrous Oxide

  4. Hydrofluorocarbons


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Methaneemitted from landfills, coal mines, oil/gas operations, and agricultural livestockaccounted for 10 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.

What greenhouse gas was not present in the atmosphere in pre-industrial times (before 1750)?

  1. Trichlorofluoromethane

  2. Carbon dioxide

  3. Nitrous oxide

  4. Methane


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Trichlorofluoromethane is a type of fluorocarbon. Fluorocarbons were not present in the atmosphere before 1750. Today trichlorofluoromethane is present in the atmosphere at 242 to 244 parts per trillion (ppt).

What is the largest source of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions?

  1. Agriculture

  2. Transportation

  3. Electricity Production

  4. Home Heating


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Electricity production accounted for 31 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2013, followed by transportation at 27 percent.

What can remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

  1. Vegetation

  2. Oceans

  3. Carbon capture equipment

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Vegetation and the oceans absorb somebut not all $CO _2$ emissions. Power plants can use carbon capture and sequestration technology to reduce emissions.

Which of the following is a greenhouse gas?

  1. Water vapour

  2. Methane

  3. Carbon dioxide

  4. All of the above 


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

All the gases which has the properties that may be influenced by heat rays,has the capability to absorb infrared rays and hence act as greenhouse gases.

The green house gas is

  1. oxygen

  2. nitrogen

  3. chlorine

  4. carbon dioxide


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The green house gas is $CO 2$.
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%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.

Where are HFCs most commonly used?

  1. Boats

  2. Food

  3. Refrigerators

  4. Books


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

HFCs are coolants used in air conditioners and refrigerators that have a high global warming potential of about $10,000$.

Which greenhouse gas has the highest global warming potential?

  1. Carbon dioxide

  2. Mathane

  3. Nitrous Oxide

  4. Suplhur Hexafluoride


Correct Option: D
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.

How long does methane stay in the atmosphere?

  1. $1$ month

  2. $1$ year

  3. $6$ years

  4. $12$ years


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

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

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


Correct Option: A
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.

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


Correct Option: B
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.

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

  1. $20%$

  2. $40%$

  3. $60%$

  4. $80%$


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

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

Temperature of earth's atmosphere in absence of green house gases in it:

  1. remain constant

  2. increased

  3. decreased

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The green house gases absorb some of  the radiation (which is reflected by earth, clouds etc.) and the rest is passed into space. Due to that absorbed radiation, earth's atmosphere remains warm. If green house gases would absent, no radiation will stay on earth's atmosphere and temperature of atmosphere will go fall to approx. $-18^{o}C$ which will freeze all the water on earth. 

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