Mrs. Miller and her class were spending the day at an amusement park. Mrs. Miller pointed out that the first hill is always the tallest and that all the other hills after that are not as tall. She asked her students why they think this was the case. Her students stated that the roller coaster does not have enough energy for bigger hills. When Mrs. Miller asked, “ where does the energy go?” these were her students’ responses:

Which of these statements best explains how the hydrosphere interacts with the atmosphere to affect global climate? mountains block rain clouds and cause changes in global rainfall and evaporation. humans burn fossil fuels to produce greenhouse gases which cause global warming. humans cut down trees which affects the amount of oxygen in different parts of the globe. greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide, dissolve in oceans and prevent global warming.