Year 10 Climate Change Homework Quiz

What evidence is there of climate change? Select the correct answers.

• Rising sea levels.

• Glacial retreat.

• Falling global temperatures.

• Decreasing snow and ice cover.

How do scientist know what the climate was like in the past? Select all the correct answers.

• They monitor ice cores.

• They monitor ocean sediments.

• The observe / research paintings and diaries from the past.

• They monitor current weather.

Which of the following are natural cause of climate change?

• Changes in solar output.

• Increasing use of transport such are cars, ships and planes.

• Increasing energy consumption from fossil fuels.

• Volcanic activity.

One of the natural causes that leads to climate change is orbital changes, but roughly how long does it take the Earth's orbit to change from a circular path to an elliptical path?

• 100 years

• 10,000 years

• 100,000 years

• 1 million years

Identify 3 current causes of climate change.

• Orbital changes

• Changes in solar output

• Increased cattle

• Burning of fossil fuels

• Deforestation

Select the sources of methane.

• Cattle

• Landfilling of organic material

• Burning fossil fuels

• Growing of rice

What is the greenhouse effect?

• The loss of heat in the atmosphere caused by the build-up of greenhouse gases.

• The retention of heat in the atmosphere caused by the build-up of greenhouse gases.

• The reflection of the suns radiation caused by the build-up of greenhouse gases.

How will the UK be affected by climate change?

• Flooding due to rising sea levels.

• Flooding due to increased intense rainfall events.

• Increased heatwaves.

• Melting glaciers.

• Loss of tropical rainforests.

Which of the following is NOT a human cause of climate change?

• Burning fossil fuels

• Power stations producing nitrous oxides

• Variations in solar energy

• Deforestation

Which of these is NOT a natural cause of climate change?

• Volcanic activity

• Agriculture

• Orbital changes

• Sunspots