Climate Change Quiz

Choose the one best response. Which of the following will require most developed countries to decrease emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases?

• Montreal Protocol

• Kyoto Protocol

• Emissions Reduction Act

• Reforestation Project

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Choose the one best response. Some of the warming that has been observed over the 20th century can be attributed to

• human activity.

• plant growth.

• glacial melting.

• droughts.

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Choose the one best response. The attempt to slow climate change is made difficult by

• economic factors.

• political factors.

• social factors.

• All of the above

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Choose the one best response. Which of the following is not a major greenhouse gas?

• water vapor

• carbon dioxide

• sulfur

• methane

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Choose the one best response. In an area away from forests and cities, geochemist Charles David Keeling measured the amount of

• ozone in the air.

• oxygen in the air.

• nitrous oxide in the air.

• carbon dioxide in the air.

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Which site's continuous CO2 records have been maintained since 1958?

• Mauna Loa, Hawaii

• Pacific Ocean

• New York

• Johns Creek, GA

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What caused increase in Earth’s average temperature, resulting from increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere?

• precipitation pattern

• global warming

• water vaper

• zooplankton

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What is a greenhouse gas released from burning fossil fuels?

• zooplankton

• propane

• carbon dioxide

• sulfur

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What is a complex set of equations that account for many factors and require a great number of computations to solve?

• Algebra 2

• carbon dioxide

• global warming

• computer model

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What are the tiny, shrimp-like animals that many other marine animals depend on for food called?

• zooplankton

• carbon dioxide

• algea

• lichen

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