Climate Change Quiz

By approximately how many degrees Fahrenheit has Earth’s average surface temperature risen since the late 19th century?

• 1 °F

• 2 °F

• 3 °F

• 5 °F

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Which process describes the ocean absorbing excess heat, with the top 100 m warming by about 0.67 °F since 1969?

• Thermal expansion

• Ocean stratification

• Ocean warming

• Coastal upwelling

Approximately what percentage of the extra heat energy trapped by greenhouse gases is stored in the ocean?

• 50 %

• 70 %

• 90 %

• 100 %

Data from NASA’s GRACE mission show Greenland’s ice sheet lost an average of how many billion tons of ice per year from 1993 to 2019?

• 148

• 200

• 279

• 350

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Over the same period, Antarctica’s ice sheet mass loss averaged about how many billion tons per year?

• 100

• 148

• 200

• 279

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Which region is not listed as experiencing widespread glacial retreat?

• Alps

• Himalayas

• Andes

• Sahara

What cryosphere indicator has decreased over the past five decades in the Northern Hemisphere?

• Glacier mass

• Sea-ice thickness

• Spring snow cover

• Permafrost extent

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Global sea level has risen about how many inches in the last century?

• 4 in

• 8 in

• 12 in

• 20 in

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The rate of sea-level rise in the last two decades compared to the last century is roughly:

• Half as fast

• About the same

• Nearly double

• Nearly triple

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Since the Industrial Revolution, surface ocean waters’ acidity has increased by about what percentage?

• 10 %

• 20 %

• 30 %

• 40 %

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