Climate Change & Human Impact Quiz

What are the three fossil fuels?

• nuclear, oil, coal

• geothermal, coal, nuclear

• oil, coal, wind

• coal, oil, gas

Why does the ice on Greenland melting have a bigger impact on sea levels than the ice of the Arctic Sea melting?

• trick question. They both have the same effect.

• The ice in Greenland has been there since the last ice age, so it is older and therefore will have a larger impact.

• the ice of Greenland is water added to the sea, while the ice in the Arctic sea is already in the water and won't add to the amount of water

• the ice of Greenland is less dense

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Which of the following is the best conclusion that can be made from this graph?

• atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have been decreasing since 1960

• humans have been working hard to decrease carbon dioxide levels

• Hawaii has a lot of carbon dioxide

• atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have increased steadily since 1960

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Which of the following have been changed or altered due to climate change?

• droughts

• melting of polar ice caps

• flooding

• all of the above

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The main human activity that releases greenhouse gases is

• burning fossil fuels

• eating meat

• using public transportation and thereby reduce the effects of greenhouse gases

• texting on cellphones

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What is the greenhouse effect?

• The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.

• The desire to buy plants.

• The heating of a solid, such as a rock.

• The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.

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What do scientists think the effect will be of having more greenhouse gases in our atmosphere?

• More warming of the atmosphere

• More cooling of the atmosphere

• More air in the atmosphere

• Less air in the atmosphere

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Increased carbon dioxide may cause global warming by trapping more ____________ in the atmosphere.

• heat

• oxygen

• water vapor

• particles

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When weather patterns change over a long period of time, we call it ___

• climate change

• weather adaptation

• climate adaptation

• weather change

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Climate change causes extreme weather conditions such as:

• Hurricanes

• All of the above

• Heat Waves

• Flooding

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