Climate Change Quiz 2

What is currently happening to polar regions?

• more ice is melting and freezing each year

• ice caps are freezing

• ice caps are moving

• ice caps are melting

What refers to the day to day changes in the air temperature and weather conditions?

• Weather
• Climate
• Storms
• Earth's Rotation

How do fossil fuels affect the greenhouse effect?

• Burning fossil fuels decreases incoming solar radiation
• Burning fossil fuels decreases the amount of heat trapped
• Burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere trapping more heat
• Burning fossil fuels causes less heat to be trapped

Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas?

• Carbon dioxide
• Methane
• Nitrous oxide
• Nitrogen

The greenhouse effect is beneficial as it helps to sustain life on earth by naturally trapping heat in the atmosphere. 

• False
• True

Some greenhouse gases are naturally present in the Earth's atmosphere

• True
• False

Which of the following is contributing to an increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

• deforestation
• use of renewable energy
• oceans
• all of the above

Melting of glaciers and polar ice caps....

• will result in cooler temperatures in the Arctic
• will result in sea-levels rising
• Will have no effect on ecosystems
• None of the above

Deforestation contributes to greenhouse gases by

• loss of trees that would otherwise remove carbon dioxide from the air
• burning wood releases carbon dioxide
• Both are correct

Climate change brings more harm than good. 

• False
• True