Carbon dioxide and methane as greenhouse gases

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This question is about greenhouse gases and global environmental changes.

Methane and nitrous oxide are well-known greenhouse gases.

a.

Which of the following is also a greenhouse gas?

  • Nitrogen
  • Oxygen
  • Water vapour
  • Argon
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b.

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

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c.

Explain how the global expansion of rice paddy fields and organic waste disposal in landfills contributes to increasing concentrations of methane in the atmosphere.

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d.

Identify two major environmental impacts resulting from the global warming caused by the enhanced greenhouse effect.

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