Environmental Impacts of Climate Change

___________________ is the average long-term (30+ years) atmosphere conditions for a specific region. It includes temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds.

• Weather

• Climate

• Forecast

• Global Warming

The graph shows changes in the levels ofatmospheric carbon dioxide over time. What might be one way to reverse the trend shown in the graph?

• Increase the rate of deforestation.

• Increase the rate of respiration.

• Use more fossil fuels.

• Plant more trees.

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Possible human solutions for limiting global warming and climate change are...

• being more energy-efficient

• using renewable sources of energy

• removing carbon from fossil fuel emissions

• all of the above

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T/F - The amount of carbon dioxide CO2 in the atmosphere is decreasing.

• True

• False

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

• fishing

• farming

• breathing

• burning fossil fuels

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The graph shows the increase in atmospheric

carbon dioxide concentration over several

decades.

Increasing carbon dioxide levels will directly affect

Earth's....

• magnetic and gravitational fields.

• weather and climate systems.

• mantle convection.

• rotation speed.

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What would be considered evidence of melting polar ice caps?

• volcanos erupting

• more greenhouse gasses

• sea level rise

• impermanance

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True or false? Earth's average temperature increased during the 20th century.

• True

• False

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Which of these is a SHORT term impact on an ecosystem?

• forests burned by wildfire

• a landscape changed by erosion

• wind damage to buildings

• all of these

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How would plants and animals react to a dry season?

• grasses become inedible; herbivores migrate to find food elsewhere

• plants grow quickly; reptiles hibernate

• none of these

• pond algae increases, supporting a population of ducks

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