Read the Following Scenario and Answer the Question Below

question 40

Multiple Choice

Read the following scenario and answer the question below.
Many geologists have proposed naming the current time period of Earth's history the Anthropocene epoch. The rationale for doing so includes the fact that erosion rates and greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere have increased rapidly over the past 300 years. Almost all environmental scientists agree that increases in greenhouse gases contribute to global climate change. Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, hydrochlorofluorocarbons, and water vapor are the main culprits. Human activities, chief among them the tapping and burning of fossil fuels for energy, have significantly increased these "greenhouse gases" in our atmosphere in the last 300 years. With rising standards of living in developing countries, emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are expected to continue to rise. If unchecked, carbon dioxide levels will reach twice preindustrial levels by midcentury and double again by the end of the century. Computer models have shown that this rise alone could raise Earth's temperatures by 3 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100.
-Which of the following is the most logical explanation for water being a greenhouse gas?

• A)The hydrogen bonds holding molecules of water vapor together help it trap heat.
• B)Water is a good conductor of electricity, and electricity contains heat.
• C)The ionic bonds holding water vapor together help it trap heat.
• D)Water is acidic, and acids retain heat.
• E)Hydrogen-containing compounds trap the most heat, and water contains hydrogen.

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