2024 Climate Change Part 1

The Earth's climate goes through episodes of cooling and warming over geological time

• True

• False

Which of the following is not an evidence of data of Earth's climate changing over geological time?

• Seafloor sediments

• Oxygen Isotopes

• Carbon dioxide

The movement of the Earth around the sun is called

• An Orbit

• An Eclipse

• A Revolution

• A tilt

Which of the following is not a natural cause of climate variability?

• Changes in the Earth's tilt and orbit

• Industrialisation

• Occurrences of sun spots

• Large scale volcanic eruptions

18000 years ago, when the Earth's experienced cooler temperatures over a period known as the glacial period, large ice sheets were formed over continents near .......

• the Arctic Ocean

• the Pacific Ocean

• the Indian Ocean

• the Southern Ocean

The number of sunspots rises and falls in a cycle of approximately

• 3 years

• 6 years

• 11 years

• 23 years

Global temperatures increase after a large scale volcanic eruption

• True

• False

The growth in population and modern industrialisation have increased the quantity of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere

• True

• False

Anthropogenic factors refer to

• Plant Activities

• Sun spots

• Volcanic Eruptions

• Human Activities

The greenhouse effect describes the natural process by which the greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere traps

• Microwave radiation

• Ultra violet rays

• Longwave radiation

• Infra red radiation