Humans and Global Change and Their Effects

Human activities are increasing the level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

• True

• False

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What is an effect of global warming?

• melting glaciers and rising sea levels

• population is increasing

• more forest areas

• all of the above

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An effect of global warming is changes to ecosystems in the biosphere

• True

• False

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Solutions for limiting global warming and climate change include...

• finding clean, renewable sources of energy.

• being more energy efficient.

• removing carbon from fossil fuel emissions.

• all of the above

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Most of the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was released by people burning...

• methane

• forest

• fossil fuels

• farm land

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One cause of rising global temperatures is increasing levels of _________________________.

• people

• forest

• farm land

• greenhouse gases

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The most abundant greenhouse gas is _______________.

• oxygen

• nitrogen

• carbon dioxide

• all of the above

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What helps keep our Earth's surface warm?

• greenhouse effect

• the moon

• ocean tides

• the seasons

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Severe droughts cause some lands to become deserts, and this process leads to ___________________.

• water shortages

• food shortages

• lands becoming deserts

• all of the above

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Melting glaciers are causing ___________________ to rise around the world.

• people's IQ

• sea levels

• greenhouse gas levels

• all of the above

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