Questionnaire 1 ESS (12th)

What type of system response is this?

• Direct relationship

• Buffering action

• Threshold response

What type of system response is this?

• Stuck equilibrium

• Threshold response

• Buffering action

What type of system response is this?

• Direct relationship

• Slow/Accelerated response

• Stuck equilibrium

What type of system response is this?

• Threshold response

• Buffering action

• Direct relationship

What type of system response is this?

• Direct relationship

• Stuck equilibrium

• Buffering action

What are the independent variables of this graph?

• Atmospheric CO2 & Time

• Average global temperature & Time

• Atmospheric CO2 & Average global temperature

Assuming a straight line behaviour, what is the approximate annual carbon dioxide increase?

• 1.29 ppm/year

• 3.86 ppm/year

• 0.65 ppm/year

What is the approximate percentage increase in carbon dioxide levels between 1960 an d 2007?

• 19.5 %

• 39.1 %

• 9.8 %

Climate change can be seen by: temperature rise, rainfall patterns, ice melting, sea level rise, etc

• True

• False

Ocean levels are rising due to:

• Ice melting and slipping off to the sea

• Thermal expansion of water

• All of the above