Intro to climate change review

Which city is this?

• London

• Edinburgh

• Manchester

• Bristol

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established in...

• 1982

• 1988

• 1992

• 1996

In order to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees centigrade, CO2 emissions need to be halved by around

• 2030

• 2035

• 2040

• 2045

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

Which reservoir stores the most carbon in the slow carbon cycle?

• the atmosphere

• fossil fuels

• oceans

• sedimentary rocks

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

Weather and climate are the same thing.

• True

• False

Which greenhouse gas does not occur naturally?

• methane (CH₄)

• carbon dioxide (CO₂)

• chlorofluorocarbons

• nitrous oxide (N₂O)

What is the main greenhouse gas responsible for global warming?

• Carbon Dioxide

• Methane

• Nitrous Oxide

• Water Vapor

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

For the previous million years (prior to modern times), the highest recorded concentration of atmospheric CO2 was approximately...

• 300 ppm

• 350 ppm

• 400ppm

• 450 ppm

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

Most places on Earth are warmer than they were 100 years ago.

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS3-6

Where have some of the strongest and earliest impacts of global warming occurred?

• In the tropics

• In northern latitudes

• Impacts of global warming are distributed equally all over the planet.

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5