9.5 Global Climate Change

Which of the following is a direct economic effect of climate change?

• Damage to buildings from increased flooding

• Habitat destruction from more severe storms

• Spread of malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases

• Loss of biodiversity from coral bleaching

Which of the following is an ecological impact of climate change?

• Loss of biodiversity due to dissolved exoskeletons as ocean pH decreases

• Increased rate of heat stroke during extreme heat waves

• Cost to elevate roads and install pumps in low-lying coastal cities

• Loss of revenue in fishing industry as fisheries populations decline

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Melting permafrost causes

• a release of methane which causes further warming

• an increase in sea level which causes further warming

• an increase in evaporation and cloud formation which causes cooling

• a deepening of the jet stream which causes more ENSO events

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What region of the Earth is warming the most quickly?

• Low latitudes (tropics)

• Mid latitudes (temperate)

• High latitudes (polar)

• Oceans

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Which of the following is NOT a result of melting land ice in Greenland?

• Increased density of sea water in North Atlantic

• Less sinking water in the North Atlantic Deepwater Formation zone

• Slowing of the Gulf Stream surface current

• Cooler temperatures in Europe as less heat is transported from tropics

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People living in which region of the world would be most likely to experience the impacts of sea level rise first?

• Mongolia (central Asia)

• Congo (central Africa)

• Tonga (island in Pacific)

• Peru (South America)

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Methane hydrates on the sea floor can contribute to additional climate change when melted, and are found mainly in which biome?

• tropical rain forest

• grassland

• tundra

• desert

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Which of the following is NOT a cause of natural climate change in the past?

• Periodic changes in Earth's orbit

• Volcanic eruptions

• Combustion of fossil fuels

• Changing solar output