Climate Change Causes and Impacts

Increasing the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere…

• has no effect on the behavior of the atmosphere.

• increases the magnitude of the greenhouse effect.

• decreases the magnitude of the greenhouse effect.

• increases the greenhouse effect in winter and decreases the effect in summer.

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Burning fossil fuels…

• removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

• adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere that was never present in the atmosphere.

• adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere that has not been present for millions of years.

• makes photosynthesis harder for plants.

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Raising large-scale livestock leads to large releases of methane to the environment.

• True

• False

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Forest fires…

• remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

• add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere that was never present in the atmosphere.

• add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere that the trees and shrubs removed from the atmosphere to grow.

• none of the above

Since 1990, average sea level has increased by over 1.5 inch globally.

• True

• False

Which of the following is a greenhouse gas?

• carbon dioxide

• methane

• water vapor

• carbon dioxide and methane

Increasing average global temperature is increasing the depth to which permafrost seasonally thaws in the Northern Hemisphere.

• True

• False

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The effects of climate change…

• will vary from region to region.

• will be exactly the same in all areas of the globe.

• will mean it will stop snowing in winter.

• will decrease snowfall worldwide.

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