Question

Which human activity is correctly paired with the greenhouse gas that it increases?

rice cultivation and water vapor
landfilling and carbon dioxide
deforestation and methane
sewage treatment and nitrous oxide

Answer 1

Answer: The correct answer is sewage treatment and nitrous oxide

Explanation:

The other options for rice cultivation, landfills, and deforestation are not paired with the proper greenhouse gases. However, sewage treatment plants are known for emitting nitrous oxide through their processing.

Answer 2

Sewage treatment and nitrous oxide

Explanation:

Sewage to treatment and nitrous oxide is correctly paired with the greenhouse gases that it increases.

Greenhouse gas refers to gases that has the property of absorbing infrared radiation (net heat energy) emitted from Earth’s surface and reradiating it back to Earth’s surface, thus contributing to the greenhouse effect.

Examples of greenhouse gases and the most important greenhouse gases are methane, carbon dioxide (CO2), and water vapor.

Human activities such as fossil-fuel combustion are responsible for increase in the atmospheric concentration of various greenhouse gases, especially carbon dioxide, methane and ozone.