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The average global climate is getting warmer.

• True
• False

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Greenhouses gases

• Absorb and radiate heat
• Destroy the ozone layer
• Cause respiratory problems
• Create smog

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Which of the following have been linked to climate change? 

• droughts
• flooding
• melting of polar ice caps
• all of the above

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Melting of glaciers and polar ice caps....

• will result in cooler temperatures in the Arctic
• will result in sea-levels rising
• Will have no effect on ecosystems
• None of the above

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Which of the following have been linked to climate change?  

• droughts
• flooding
• melting of polar ice caps
• all of the above

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In Greenland, the scientific station showed that ______ ice had melted in the space of 5 years.

• 30 vertical metres
• 20 vertical metres
• 10 vertical metres
• 5 vertical metres

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The graph shows that the temperature for the past 10,000 years, compared with the previous 400,000 years, has been:

• getting warmer
• staying stable
• getting cooler

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The oscillation (up and down) of the data most likely represents

• seasonal variations
• climate change
• different years
• data collected at different places

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Which of the following have been changed or altered due to climate change ?

• droughts

• flooding

• melting of polar ice caps

• all of the above

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Which environmental concern is most associated with burning fossil fuels?

• global climate change

• pollution of ocean waters

• ozone layer destruction

• decrease in levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide.

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