15 questions
1. When fossil fuels are burned, they release carbon into the air in the form of carbon dioxide.
absorb
change
emit
Carbon dioxide allows heat that would normally escape from the Earth‘s atmosphere to remain trapped, as it would in a
greenhouse - thus the greenhouse effect.
escaped
caught
heated
When you turn on a light, or run an air conditioner, or take a hot shower, or make toast, you contribute to the
greenhouse effect.
help in bringing about
lead indirectly to
are mainly responsible for
But how can carbon dioxide be bad when human beings exhale it every time they breathe?
breathe out
take into
breathe in
Carbon dioxide is not exclusively responsible for the greenhouse problem, however.
greatly
usually
only
Industrial production
has increased by fifty times in the past 100 years
is not growing as fast as it was before 1950
produces carbon dioxide
the surface temperature on Earth
the carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere has been increasing
The burning of fossil fuels
has increased by fifty times in the past 100 years
is not growing as fast as it was before 1950
produces carbon dioxide
the surface temperature on Earth
the carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere has been increasing
Carbon dioxide influences
has increased by fifty times in the past 100 years
is not growing as fast as it was before 1950
produces carbon dioxide
the surface temperature on Earth
the carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere has been increasing
According to the scientists,
has increased by fifty times in the past 100 years
is not growing as fast as it was before 1950
produces carbon dioxide
the surface temperature on Earth
the carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere has been increasing
People usually do not understand what catchphrases really mean.
Yes
No
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Most of the growth in industrial production in the past 100 years came before 1950.
Yes
No
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Carbon dioxide allows heat to be trapped in the Earth‘s atmosphere.
Yes
No
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People bum more fossil fuels when they take a hot shower than when they make toast.
Yes
No
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People who use electricity help to produce the greenhouse effect.
Yes
No
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The carbon dioxide level in the next 140 years will increase at least by two times what it was before the Industrial
Revolution.
Yes
No
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