Carbon dioxide and methane as greenhouse gases

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This question is about greenhouse gases and global environmental changes.

Water vapour and carbon dioxide are well-known greenhouse gases.

a.

Which of the following is also a major greenhouse gas?

  • Nitrogen
  • Oxygen
  • Methane
  • Argon
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b.

Explain how rapid global industrialisation and urbanisation can lead to an increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

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c.

Explain how the expansion of wet agriculture (such as rice paddy fields) and the increasing accumulation of organic waste in landfill sites contribute to rising levels of atmospheric methane.

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d.

State two distinct ecological or environmental impacts resulting from a rise in the global average temperature of the Earth.

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