Earth's Changing Climate

What is CLIMATE CHANGE? *choose the BEST answer

• The earth's sick!

• dont know

• long-term change in Earth's overall temperature and major variation in precipitation patterns

• change in earth's climate due to human causes

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Climate change can lead to ____________

• droughts

• sea level rise and floods in coastal area

• spread of human diseases

• all of the above

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Which human activity contributes the most carbon dioxide to atmosphere?

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How do volcanic eruptions affect the weather? *2 answers needed

• Gases and particles may block sunlight and lower temperature

• Eruptions form clouds that drop large amount of precipitation

• They can cause LONG TERM increase in temperature

• Vibrations caused by eruptions shift oceans currents, which in turn affect weather

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During volcanic eruptions, large volumes of carbon dioxide can be ejected into the atmosphere to bring about the global warming

• Not true

• True

• Maybe

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The average temperature of the surface of Earth has increased approximately 1°C in the past century. Which reason best explains this increase in temperature?

• lower levels of ozone in the atmosphere
• lower levels of nitrogen in the atmosphere
• higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
• higher levels of oxygen in the atmosphere

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Which of the following is the best conclusion that can be made from this graph?

• atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have been decreasing since 1960
• Hawaii has a lot of carbon dioxide
• humans have been working hard to decrease carbon dioxide levels
• atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have increased steadily since 1960

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Which of the following gases DOES NOT trap heat?

• carbon dioxide
• nitrogen
• water vapor
• methane

Compared to other greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide is very effective in trapping heat near the surface of the Earth.

• true
• false

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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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