Climate Change #2

If you took away the atmosphere’s natural greenhouse effect, and everything else stayed the same, Earth’s temperature would be   

• 10-20°F warmer
• 30-40°F warmer
• 10-20°F cooler
• 50-60°F cooler

Which century was the wettest of the last millenium?  

• 12th
• 16th
• 19th
• 20th

Visible light reaches Earth’s surface while infrared light is trapped as heat. Which characteristic of Earth’s atmosphere causes this to happen?

• the hole in the ozone
• the greenhouse effect
• atmospheric pressure
• the inversion layer

Which is a primary energy source used by power plants to generate electricity?

• coal
• wood
• gasoline
• batteries

Industrialization is a contributing factor to climate change.

• True
• False

The two largest fuel sources are?

• wood and coal
• wood and natural gas
• oil and nuclear power
• coal and oil

Climate change causes extreme weather conditions such as:

• excessive heat
• drought
• extreme storms
• all of these

Some of the Earth's most fragile ecosystems that could be greatly impacted by climate change live in the

• tropical rainforest
• tundra
• oceans
• African Sahara desert

Global warming refers specifically to an increase in 

• the number of storms on Earth.
• precipitation from Earth’s atmosphere.
• temperatures everywhere on Earth.
• Earth’s average surface temperature.

What is the biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas?

• increased precipitation
• increased acidity of sea water
• lack of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
• rising sea level