Greenhouse Effect Video Worksheet
Name ________________________
Period ______
1.
2.
NBpg#_______
List several greenhouse gases.
______nitrous oxide________________
_______carbon dioxide________________
______sulfur dioxide_______________
________CFC_______________________
______methane___________________
___________________________________
How are greenhouse gases produced? _____Burning fossil fuels, swamp gas, auto exhaust, __
______waste gas from refrigerators and air conditioners _______________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
3.
What is the global effect of an increase in the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases?
____heating the atmosphere of the Earth at a rate of 0.02 C per decade ___________________
____expansion of the seas due to melting of the polar ice _______________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
4.
What gas is responsible for destroying the ozone layer? ___CFC or chlorofluorocarbon________
How is this gas produced?___used in refrigerators, air conditioners; egg cartons and other _____
____synthetic packaging ________________________________________________________
5.
What gases are responsible for acid rain?
____nitrous oxide__________ and _____sulfur dioxide __________
How are these gases produced?_______burning of fossil fuels _____________
6.
Name one effect of acid rain._kills vegetation, rots & rusts buildings & bridges, destroys lakes _
7.
List two things that you would be willing to do to prevent the greenhouse effect, ozone depletion,
or acid rain.___walk or take mass transit ___________________________________________
and ___do not buy styrofoam, use less air conditioning, support environmentally concerned ___
politicians, etc.