Industrialization and Climate Change

The term used to identify the worldwide climatic changes are called

• global warming

• mineral depletion

• deforestation

• industrialization

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Continued depletion of the ozone layer will most likely result in

• increase in skin cancer among human

• decrease in atmospheric pollutants

• increase in marine ecosystem stability

• decrease in climatic changes

One possible reason for the rise in the average air temperature at Earth's surface is that

• decomposers are being destroyed

• deforestation has increased the levels of oxygen in the atmosphere

• industrialization has increased the amount of carbon dioxide in the air

• growing crops is depleting the ozone shield

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In big cities, cars are inspected to ensure they are not releasing excessive amounts of several gases into the atmosphere. This is done in effort to

• recycle more nutrients

• reduce biodiversity

• reduce global warming

• increase the growth rates of forests

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In some parts of the world, forests are being cut down and burned to clear land for new homes and new farmland. A negative effect of these activities might be

• increase in global warming

• destruction of the ozone shield

• a decrease in the average temperature of the atmosphere

• an increase in biodiversity of the deforested area

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The increase of certain types of gases in the atmosphere has contributed to the problem of global warming. All these gases are

• biotic factors

• abiotic factors

• organic factors

• endangered factors

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Which action by humans could improve the quality of the air?

• building homes that use oil furnaces for heat

• buying cars that get more miles per gallon of gasoline

• increasing the number of coal-burning power plants that generate electricity

• cutting down forest to clear land for factories

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Decomposition of the ozone may lead to an increase in mutations because

• plants can only utilize visible light for photosynthesis

• it allows more ultraviolet rays to penetrate the atmosphere

• changing weather patterns act as selecting agents

• more free oxygen will be available, causing a decrease in carbon dioxide

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Deforestation will most directly result in an immediate increase in

• atmospheric carbon dioxide

• atmospheric ozone

• wildlife populations

• renewable resources

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Most scientists recommend reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Less carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would be expected to

• reduce the rate of global warming

• increase damage caused by acid rain

• decrease the number of biotic factors in ecosystems

• reduce destruction of the ozone layer

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