ESS Topic 7.2 climate change - causes and impact

El Niño events contribute to which of the following?

• Increased upwelling in the Eastern Pacific ocean.

• More rainfall in Australia.

• Reduced upwelling in the Eastern Pacific ocean.

• Drier weather conditions in South America.

Name the model used to describe atmospheric circulation and the distribution of precipitation and temperature

• Daisy World

• Tricellular model

• ENSO

Which of the following statements about air pressure is correct.

• Low pressure is associated with clear skies.

• Air moves from high pressure to low pressure.

• When air is cooled it creates low pressure.

• High pressure is associated with high rainfall.

Which of the following factors contributes most to the albedo effect?

• Increase in ice cover.

• Increase in forestation.

• Increase in ocean cover.

• Increase in urban areas.

Climate change will result in which of the following?

• Drier conditions throughout the world.

• Wetter conditions throughout the world.

• More precipitation in high latitudes.

• More precipitation in the mid latitudes.

Impacts of climate change is most likely to include which of the following?

• Overall increase in global fisheries.

• Overall global increase in pests.

• Overall increase in global drinking water supplies.

• Overall increase in global crop production.

Changing environmental conditions as a consequence of climate change will lead to which of the following?

• Movement of species to lower altitudes.

• Movement of species towards the west.

• Movement of species towards the poles.

• Movement of species towards the equator.

Which of the following is least under threat from climate change?

• Coral reefs.

• Desert ecosystems.

• Ice biomes.

• Mangroves.

State the environmental value system that a climate change sceptic is most likely to have.

(a)  

State the term used to describe the threshold at which a sudden and usually irreversible change occurs.

(a)