If the Earth Were to Warm Up a Bit, What

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Multiple Choice

If the Earth were to warm up a bit, what would happen?

• A)Carbonate materials would form in the oceans more rapidly, the atmospheric CO₂ content would decrease, and the greenhouse effect would weaken.
• B)There would be a runaway greenhouse effect, with the Earth becoming ever hotter until the oceans evaporated (as may have happened on Venus).
• C)Carbonate materials would form in the oceans more rapidly, the atmospheric CO₂ content would decrease, and the greenhouse effect would strengthen.
• D)The ice caps would melt and cool the Earth back to its normal temperature.
• E)Carbonate materials would form in the oceans more slowly, the atmospheric CO₂ content would increase, and the greenhouse effect would strengthen.

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