Year 9 Climate change Revision

The impact on the planet due to global warming is called...

• climate change
• the seasons
• the weather
• natural change

The conditions in an area over a long period of time?

• Climate
• Weather

Which of the following is NOT evidence of global warming?

• Sea level rising
• Loss of Arctic Sea Ice
• Less Water Vapor in the Air
• More extreme weather events

Climate change causes extreme weather conditions such as:

• Flooding
• Heat Waves
• Hurricanes
• All of the above

Which human activity contributes the MOST carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?

• Fishing
• Breathing
• Burning Fossil Fuels
• Farming

Global Warming does not affect humans, only plants and animals

• True
• False

 What is the greenhouse effect?

• The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.
• The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.
• The heating of a solid, such as a rock.

What are some potential consequences of climate change?

• The sea levels will rise putting seaside towns and cities at risk of drowning

• The sea levels will drop putting seaside towns and cities at risk of drowning

• More extreme weather

• Animals will be able to adapt to the changes

As a result of climate change food prices could 

• increase
• decrease
• stay the same

How has global warming made it more difficult for polar bears to hunt the seals they feed on?

• The population of seals has declined.
• Polar bears are forced to swim longer distances between ice sheets.
• Seals now have more places to hide.
• Polar bears are now being hunted more by other predators.