Week 5 Q4K ¦ Geography Cycle 2

Question 1

Greenhouse Effect

Answer 1

This is the process of radiation from the Sun being trapped by greenhouse
gases in the atmosphere, warming the earth.

Question 2

Greenhouse Gases

Answer 2

A gas that absorbs the long term radiation given off by the Earth.

Question 3

Carbon Dioxide

Answer 3

A chemical compound composed of one carbon and two oxygen atoms.

Question 4

Methane

Answer 4

A greenhouse gas, often produced by cattle.

Question 5

Enhanced Greenhouse

Effect

Answer 5

Greenhouse gases caused by the burning of fossil fuels; intense farming
methods; deforestation and population.

Question 6

Fossil Fuels

Answer 6

A natural resource that formed in the past from the remains of living organisms

Question 7

Agriculture

Answer 7

The farming of land to rear livestock and to grow crops

Question 8

Livestock Farming

Answer 8

The rearing of animals for their milk and meat

Question 9

Glaciers

Answer 9

A huge mass of ice that moves slowly over land.

Question 10

Bleaching

Answer 10

When warmer water temperatures cause corals to expel the algae living in
their tissues causing the coral to turn completely white