Global Climate Change

Which of the following has been linked to climate change?

• Droughts

• Flooding

• Melting of Polar Ice Caps

• All of these

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Human activities are __________________ the levels of the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

• Increasing

• Decreasing

• maintaining

• fluctuating

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Melting glaciers are causing ___________ to rise around the world.

• Carbon Dioxide

• Greenhouse Effect

• greenhouse gases

• sea levels

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Natural causes of climate change include all of the following except:

• movement of the continents

• major volcanic eruptions

• the Sun's energy output

• human activity

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Climate change causes extreme weather conditions such as:

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

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How might a global warming affect human health? (Select all correct answers.)

• It will increase the frequency of extreme weather which has the risk of injury or death.

• It will result in droughts at some regions.

• It may decrease the rainfall which causes desertification.

• It may increase the infection rate of disease.

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Which of the following is NOT an effect of Global Warming?

• Polar ice caps will melt.
• Coastal regions will be covered with rising sea levels.
• Some areas will experience serious droughts
• The Earth's rotation will slow down and eventually stop

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Global climate change is affecting aspects of human life such as

• farming

• foresty

• economy

• health

• all of the answer choices

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Which of the following is an example of how climate change could effect agriculture?

• Increased droughts could reduce the amount of water available for irrigation
• Too cold to grow certain crops
• Fewer storms - so more nice weather for planting and harvesting
• Fewer pests and weeds

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The sun's rays are least direct near the equator.

• True

• False - near the poles

• False - at high altitudes

• False - far from the ocean