Question

RAP tests are closed book Start individual test only when instructed to begin Complete individual test using special answer response form Each question is worth 4 points. You should assign a total of 4 points on each line. If you are certain of the answer, then place the number 4 in that answer's slot. If you are somewhat uncertain about the correct answer, you may assign points to more than one answer. If you absolutely do not know the answer and cannot make an educated guess, then you can assign 1 point to each answer. Quiz given by the Christian Science Monitor on Earth Day to the general public. Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas? a) Methane b) Nitrous oxide c) Argon d) Ozone 1. 2. On the average, what percentage of the Earth's atmosphere by volume consists of carbon dioxide? About 4 percent b) About 0.4 percent c) About 0.04 percent d) About 0.004 percent a) 3. According to global surface temperature data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, how many of the top 10 hottest years on record have occurred in the past 10 years. a) Zero b) One c) Five d) Eight 4. During the late 1960s and the 1970s, a majority of climate scientists predicted that globa temperatures would do what? a) That they would decline, possibly ushering in another ice age. b) That they would increase as a result of human industrial activity. c) That they would remain the same. d) They didn't know.

Answer 1

The answers are :

1) C - Argon

2) C- 0.04% is CO₂

3) D - Eight

4) B

5) C- China

6) B

7) C

8) D -20lb

9) A- Methane

10) C -20