8.11 Human Impact on Climate Read About It

Multiple Choice

Why is it important to understand how human activities influence climate?

• Because it helps us predict weather patterns

• Because it allows us to reduce our impact on climate change

• Because it helps us understand the greenhouse effect

• Because it is required for school

Multiple Choice

Based on the graph and information provided, which of the following statements are true about the relationship between atmospheric CO2 and global temperature?

• As atmospheric CO2 increases, global temperature tends to rise.

• There is no relationship between CO2 and temperature.

• Global temperature has remained constant despite CO2 changes.

• Both CO2 and temperature have decreased since 1880.

Dropdown

Human activity affects the climate by releasing ​

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and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, which ​

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the Earth's temperature.

Multiple Choice

What are the three main types of fossil fuels?

• Coal, natural gas, petroleum

• Wood, solar, wind

• Water, uranium, biomass

• Hydrogen, ethanol, propane

Multiple Select

Which options below are major causes of climate change?

• electricty

• planting trees

• industry

• agriculture

• photosynthesis

Multiple Choice

Does deforestation contribute to global warming?

• No, trees aren't that important
• Sometimes because only the cutting down of Maple trees contributes to global warming
• No, deforestation adds methane to the atmosphere, which makes the Earth cooler
• Yes; less trees means less CO2 is turned into oxygen.

Multiple Choice

Why does cutting down trees increase global warming?

• trees soak up carbon dioxide
• trees provide shade which counteracts global warming
• trees absorbs the sun's energy without radiating back into the atmosphere
• trees drain greenhouse gases like methane from soil

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes urbanization?

• The process in which an area of land develops into a city

• The planting of trees in rural areas

• The burning of fossil fuels for energy

• The regulation of greenhouse gases by trees

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a way to reduce human impact on climate, as described in the text?

• Adapting existing technologies to use less energy

• Increasing fossil fuel usage

• Ignoring alternative energy sources

• Reducing research on new technologies

Multiple Choice

Which activity would reduce human sources of greenhouse gases?

• A. increasing the size of livestock herds

• B. monitoring worldwide volcanic activity

• C. more people riding bikes cuts down on the burning of fossil fuels from cars

• D. researching ways to add methane to the atmosphere

Multiple Choice

The graph shows the change in average global temperature during the last 100 years. The graph shows both natural and human contributions to climate change. Which of these statements is supported by the graph?

• Human activities have caused most of the change in Earth's increased temperatures

• Earth's surface is becoming warmer mostly because of an increase in the sun's evergy

• Natural factors have been the main factor in causing Earth's climate to become warmer

• Driving vehicles everyday in crowded cities is the main contributor to increasing temperatures

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Options (5)

Methane is released into from a nearby wetland

Coal is mined and burned to produce electricity for a community

Carbon dioxide is released when plants decay on the ground in a forest

Tree loggers deforest an area to collect wood, decreasing the uptake of carbon dioxide by trees

High in the atmosphere, ozone is cycled through a chemical process of production and breakdown

Match the following examples as either a human activity or natural process that contributes to climate change.

Human Activity

Natural Process