A Three-Tier Diagnostic Test to Assess Pre-Service Teachers’ Misconceptions about Global Warming, Greenhouse Effect, Ozone Layer Depletion, and Acid Rain

International Journal of Science Education
By Arslan,Harika Ozge, Ceyhan Cigdemoglu & Christine Moseley
“A Three-Tier Diagnostic Test to Assess Pre-Service Teachers’ Misconceptions about Global Warming, Greenhouse Effect, Ozone Layer Depletion, and Acid Rain”
Publisher:
11/34
Pp. 1667-1686
2012
A Three-Tier Diagnostic Test to Assess Pre-Service Teachers’ Misconceptions about Global Warming, Greenhouse Effect, Ozone Layer Depletion, and Acid Rain
Type:
Data collection method:
Number of subjects, range: Large — 31 or more
Grade and age of subjects: Adult — over 18 years

Global warming (GW), ozone layer depletion (OLD), and acid rain (AR)

  • GW is caused by OLD.

  •  GW will cause skin cancer.

  • AR is a result of GW.

  • Recycling more paper is not an effective cure for GW .

  •  Generating electricity from renewable sources does not help to

    reduce GW.

  • Stopping the usage of CFCs is not a cure for GW.

  •  GW can be reduced by setting limitations on chemical waste

    released into rivers.

  • GW can be reduced without building nuclear power plants.

  • Set a limit on pesticide usage on farmland.

  •  GE is not a natural phenomenon.

  • Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the only gas that increases GE .

  •  

    GE is a totally harmful phenomenon for mankind.

  •  GE is a totally helpful phenomenon for mankind.

  • GE has no effect on mankind.

  • The ozone layer protects the Earth from AR.

  •  The ozone layer helps to keep the Earth’s temperature stable to

    make it livable.

  •  CO2 depletes the ozone layer in the stratosphere.

  • GE leads to OLD.

  •  Nuclear power plants affect the depletion of the ozone layer.

     Carbon monoxide (CO) causes OLD. 

  • OLD causes an increase in the number of floods.

  • Too much sun rays enter the atmosphere by OLD.

  • OLD lets the air escape from the atmosphere.

  • Using public transportation reduces OLD.

  • Using filters for smoke from factories and cars reduces OLD.

  • OLD leads to AR.

  • Methane (CH4) from landfills leads to AR .

  •  OLD becomes worse by AR.

  •  AR leads to an increase in GW.

  •  AR helps some plants and animals to survi AR can burn everything that it comes in contact with.

  • Avoiding activities that damage the ozone layer is a precaution for AR

  • CO is the main culprit of AR.