Causes and Impacts of Climate Change

Which human activity has significantly increased the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere?

• Burning of fossil fuels

• Deforestation

• Industrial waste

• Mining

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How does climate change affect weather patterns?

• More intense storms and floods

• Less snowfall

• Shorter droughts

• Stable weather conditions

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What is the primary cause of global warming?

• Increased solar activity

• Volcanic eruptions

• Increased greenhouse gas emissions

• Natural climate variability

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What is the main cause of the greenhouse effect?

• Water vapor

• Carbon dioxide

• Methane

• Nitrous oxide

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What are the consequences of melting ice sheets?

• Rising sea levels

• Increased rainfall

• Decreased droughts

• Expanded agricultural areas

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Which of the following has been linked to climate change?

• Droughts

• Intense Storms

• Melting of Polar Ice Caps

• All of these

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The main human activity that releases greenhouse gases is

• using bottled water

• burning fossil fuels

• texting on cellphones

• not recycling

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The increase in burning of fossils fuels has led to an ____________ in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

• increase

• decrease

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As ocean temperatures rise, what is happening to glaciers and ice caps?

• They are getting larger.

• They are becoming more dense.

• They are melting.

• They are moving south.

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An effect of climate change is stronger storms.

• True

• False

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