Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse Effect

Question 1

What 3 places store carbon dioxide?

Answer 1

1) oceans, lakes and ponds
2) green plants
3) peat bogs

Question 2

What do carbon dioxide and methane trap and what is this called?

Answer 2

Heat from the sun, the greenhouse effect.

Question 3

How does the greenhouse effect work?

Answer 3

Gases in the atmosphere absorb heat that would normally be radiated into space (this is natural and stops the Earth freezing).

Question 4

What causes global warming?

Answer 4

We are releasing too many greenhouse gases, which traps too much heat from the sun so the Earth is heating up (global warming).