Unit 3: Intro to Climate Change

What is the difference between weather and climate?

• Weather refers to short-term changes in atmospheric variables, while climate refers to average weather conditions and patterns over a minimum of three decades.

• Weather refers to average weather conditions and patterns over a minimum of three decades, while climate refers to short-term changes in atmospheric variables.

• Weather and climate are the same thing.

How long have humans lived in a warmer (inter-glacial) climate?

• For the last 100 thousand years

• For the last 200 years

• For the last 3.5 billion years

• Since 1978

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What is the scientific consensus on climate change?

• 97% of scientists agree that climate change is happening and is caused by human activities.

• Only a small percentage of scientists believe that climate change is happening and is caused by human activities.

• There is no scientific consensus on climate change.

• Climate change is a natural occurrence and not caused by human activities.

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Which of the following is evidence of climate change?

• Rise in Earth's average global surface temperature by 2 degrees F since 1880

• Decrease in greenhouse gases

• Increase in glaciers and summer arctic sea ice

• Species migrating away from the poles

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What is the greenhouse effect?

• Atmospheric warming caused by gases in the atmosphere trapping heat

• Atmospheric cooling caused by gases in the atmosphere reflecting heat

• Atmospheric warming caused by gases in the atmosphere reflecting heat

• Atmospheric cooling caused by gases in the atmosphere trapping heat

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Which of the following is a greenhouse gas?

• Carbon dioxide (CO₂)

• Oxygen (O₂)

• Nitrogen (N₂)

• Argon (Ar)

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What is the difference between solar radiation and infrared radiation?

• Solar radiation is incoming energy from the sun, while infrared radiation is outgoing heat energy from the Earth.

• Solar radiation is outgoing heat energy from the Earth, while infrared radiation is incoming energy from the sun.

• Solar radiation and infrared radiation are the same thing.

Burning fossil fuels leads to the release of which greenhouse gas?

• Carbon dioxide (CO₂)

• Oxygen (O₂)

• Nitrogen (N₂)

• Argon (Ar)

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