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Environmental change

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The capacity of the environment to continue to support our lives and the lives of other living creatures into the future

a)

sustainability

b)

climate change

c)

environmentalism

d)

service function

2.

Changes in long-term weather patterns that are a result of natural processes?

a)

climate change

b)

greenhouse effect

c)

solar radiation

d)

volcanic activity

3.

A process of land degradation that leads to land becoming drier/arid or more ‘desert-like’?

a)

desertification

b)

deforestation

c)

drought

d)

farming

4.

How does an increase in carbon dioxide affect global temperature?

a)

increases temperature

b)

decreases temperature

c)

temperature stays the same

d)

does not affect the temperature

5.

How is climate change affecting biodiversity?

a)

increase in biodiversity

b)

decrease in biodiversity

c)

no change in biodiversity

d)

has no effect on biodiversity

6.

Why are we researching new fuel sources?

a)

use more renewable energy

b)

use more non-renewable energy

c)

use less renewable energy

d)

build more power stations

7.

Which greenhouse gas affects the environment the most?

a)

carbon dioxide

b)

methane

c)

carbon monoxide

d)

CFCs

8.

What are some effects of climate change?

a)

flooding and rising sea levels

b)

melting of ice caps and lower sea levels

c)

decrease in carbon dioxide levels

d)

increase of tree growth

9.

all of the following are examples of human induced change except one

a)

volcanic eruptions

b)

pollution

c)

use of pesticides

d)

land clearing

10.

The number and variety of organisms in an area at one time is called ...?

a)

biodiversity

b)

overpopulation

c)

ecosystem

d)

biome