WorksheetsBiosphere and Extreme Weather Events
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 10mins
What does the biosphere consist of?
Bacteria
Plants
Animals
All living organisms
Which of the following aspects does not threaten the biosphere?
Rising temperatures
Solar radiation
Precipitation patterns
Ocean acidification
Which of the following is not part of the Terrestrial biosphere?
Animals are mobile and thus can migrate
Plants migrate through passive dispersal
Rising sea levels
Less adaptive animals become extinct
Which of the following effects parts of the Aquatic biosphere?
Sea ice acidification
Rising temperatures
Rising sea levels
Pizzly bears moving up a mountain
The pizzly bear is a combination of a grizzly bear and polar bear?
True
False
Extreme weather is weather that...
is not typical and is infrequent
is not 'normal' with regard to severity and duration
Cold and wet weather
has severe impacts
When scientists study extreme weather they look at...
frequency, intensity, type of weather, location
Location, timing, intensity, animal behaviour
frequency, intensity, duration, timing
Frequency, animlal behaviour, clouds, weather charts
The hottest July day in the UK was...
36.7 degrees C
38.1 degrees C
39.4 degrees C
37.1 degrees C
In NE America in 2016, temperatures reached a low of...
-15.4 degrees C
-13.8 degrees C
-17.8 degrees C
0 degrees C
Global warming is causing the number of record high and low temperatures to increase.
True
False
Outline the reasons why limiting temperature increase to 2 degrees C might not be good for people and ecosystems.
