Background: Pollutants also affect the atmosphere through their contribution to global warming. Global warming is an increase in the Earth’s temperature. It is thought to be caused mostly by the increase of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide. Greenhouse gases can be released by factories that burn fossil fuels. Over the past 20 years, burning fossil fuels has produced about three-quarters of the carbon dioxide from human activity. The rest of the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is there because of deforestation, or cutting down trees ( Figure below ). Trees absorb carbon dioxide during cellular respiration, so when trees are cut down, they cannot remove carbon dioxide from the air.

Situation: Long island was full of people and they used all their natural resources and burned fossil fuels while Snail island protected the environment and had fewer people living there.

Question: Which island produced more pollutants?
Answer: Long

Situation: Long island was full of people and they used all their natural resources and burned fossil fuels while Snail island protected the environment and had fewer people living there.

Question: Which island produced fewer pollutants?
Answer: Snail

Situation: Long island was full of people and they used all their natural resources and burned fossil fuels while Snail island protected the environment and had fewer people living there.

Question: Which island contributed more to global warming?
Answer: Long

Situation: Long island was full of people and they used all their natural resources and burned fossil fuels while Snail island protected the environment and had fewer people living there.

Question: Which island contributed less to global warming?
Answer: Snail

Situation: Long island was full of people and they used all their natural resources and burned fossil fuels while Snail island protected the environment and had fewer people living there.

Question: Which island contributed less to an increase in Earth's temperature?
Answer: Snail

Situation: Long island was full of people and they used all their natural resources and burned fossil fuels while Snail island protected the environment and had fewer people living there.

Question: Which island contributed more to an increase in Earth's temperature?
Answer: Long

Situation: Long island was full of people and they used all their natural resources and burned fossil fuels while Snail island protected the environment and had fewer people living there.

Question: Which island contributed more to an increase in greenhouse gasses?
Answer: Long

Situation: Long island was full of people and they used all their natural resources and burned fossil fuels while Snail island protected the environment and had fewer people living there.

Question: Which island contributed less to an increase in greenhouse gasses?
Answer: Snail

Situation: Long island was full of people and they used all their natural resources and burned fossil fuels while Snail island protected the environment and had fewer people living there.

Question: Which island contributed less to an increase in carbon dioxide levels?
Answer: Snail

Situation: Long island was full of people and they used all their natural resources and burned fossil fuels while Snail island protected the environment and had fewer people living there.

Question: Which island contributed more to an increase in carbon dioxide levels?
Answer: Long