Climate Change

1. Which of the following is a natural cause of climate change?

• Volcanoes

• Pollution

• Earthquakes

• Nuclear waste

2. The greenhouse effect is a natural phenomenon.

• True

• False

3. How long ago did the last ice age end?

• 5,000 years

• 12,000 years

• 50,000 years

• 8,000 years

4. IPCC researches and monitors the climate.

• True

• False

5. Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas?

• Carbon dioxide

• Nitrogen oxide

• Methane

• Ammonium nitrate

6. The Earth is currently in a period of natural warming.

• True

• False

7. Which of the following is not a cause of the increased greenhouse effect?

• Deforestation

• Fertilizers

• Sea level rise

• Fossil fuel burning

8. The acidity of the oceans has increased since the beginning of the industrial revolution.

• True

• False

9. Which of the following is not evidence of climate change?

• Increase in livestock

• Increase in global temperature

• Extreme events

• Shrinking of ice sheets

10. Global warming does not affect human health.

• True

• False