GEO 401 - Quiz 2

Which of the following choices is not evidence for the recent changes in the global climate?

• A single weather event like a hurricane

• Prairies are giving way to deserts in Africa and the American West

• Coral reefs are dying off

• Earlier springs and later winters

• More and longer heat waves

Earth's temperatures are stable because we are surrounded by which of the following that allows the right amount of sunlight to warm the Earth

• A cloud layer

• An atmosphere

• Gravity

• Water

The solar energy that warms the Earth includes visible light, infrared and __________coming from the sun

• Gamma rays

• Ultraviolet radiation

• Microwaves

• Sunspots

The solar radiation that bounces off the Earth back toward the atmosphere is mostly

• Gamma radiation

• X-ray radiation

• Ultraviolet radiation

• Infrared radiation

The layer of the atmosphere closest to Earth is called the

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Exosphere

• Mesosphere

How are humans adding greenhouse gases?

• Burning fossil fuels

• Deforestation

• Large-scale agriculture

• All of these

Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?

• Carbon dioxide

• Methane

• Nitrous Oxide

• Halocarbons

• Sulfur Oxides

Which of the following does NOT directly contribute to sea level rise?

• Thermal expansion of seawater
• Melting of land-based ice

• Melting of glaciers

• Melting of sea ice

• None of the above

What is the name given to this curve, which refers to the long-term increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere, primarily caused by human activities such as burning fossil fuels?

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Keeling Curve

Mauna Loa Curve

Mauna Kea

Global Warming Curve

Match the following

• IPCC

• Efforts intended to minimize the extent or impact of a problem such as climate change

• Mitigation

• The ability of a surface to reflect away solar radiation

• Albedo

• An international group of scientists that evaluates scientific studies related to climate change to thoroughly and objectively assess the data

• Global Warming

• Efforts intended to help deal with a problem that exists, such as climate change

• Adaptation

• The warming of the planet that results when heat is trapped by Earth’s atmosphere