QUIZ 8

A significant and lasting alterations in temperature, precipitation, wind patterns, and other elements of the Earth's climate system.

• climate change

• global warming

• energy crisis

• weather conditions

These are the three natural causes of climate change, EXCEPT:

• Volcanic eruption

• Earthquake

• Orbital Changes

• Carbon Dioxide Theory

_____ is a knowledge and understanding of the vital importance of environmental protection, as well as the impact of human actions on ecosystems.

It refers to the earth's upward temperature rise since the twentieth century.

• energy crisis

• climate change

• global warming

• eruption

Also known as the removal of forests decreases carbon sequestration, leading to higher atmospheric CO2 levels, limiting plant uptake.

The energy crisis is exacerbated by the imminent end of the oil, gas, and coal cycles, which have also resulted in a major rise in ___________________.

Glaciers will begin to melt faster as average global temperatures increase by ________ Celsius over the next fifty years.

____________believe that global climate change, apart from nuclear war, has the great potential to alter life in our planet

The ________ (ACRONYM ONLY), a United Nations body that assesses climate change research, has released its global climate change report.

cean cover about_____% of the earths surface providing a vast potential for energy generation