Climate Change Unit Test Revision

Select all correct answers. Climate change is a ________ and _________ problem

• individualistic

• collective

• systemic

Carbonic Acid Gas is now known as

• carbon monoxide (CO)
• carbon dioxide (CO2)
• calcium carbonate (CaCO3)
• nitrous oxide (N2O)

Select all correct answers that are considered Greenhouse Gases

• carbon dioxide

• methane

• water vapor

• oxygen

The Greenhouse Effect causes the Earth to

• warm up

• remain the same
• cool down

• increase in rainfall

The most accurate data about Earth's atmospheric past can be collected from

• volcanic ash from island chains

• ocean sediments from the pacific ocean

• ice cores from glaciers

• tree rings from deciduous forests

Temperatures have gone up faster than ever seen before in recorded history over the last

• 100 years

• 200 years

• 300 years

• 400 years

The temperature on Earth is the highest it's been in ___________ years

• 100,000
• 125,000
• 200,000
• 150,000

Fossil fuels were used during the _______________ which was a major contributor to our current global temperature

• Digital Age
• Industrial Revolution
• Agricultural Revolution
• Medieval Period

Carbon dioxide is released by the burning of

• hay

• electricity

• metals

• fossil fuels

True or False? Human activity has caused the Earth's temperature to rise at an unprecendented rate

• False
• True