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WorksheetsImpacts of Climate Change Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which of the following have been linked to climate change.
Droughts
Flooding
Melting polar ice caps
All of them.
Select the impact(s) of climate change from the list below:
Loss of biodiversity
Warming oceans
Threat to people's health and livelihood
Loss of habitat
Precipitation is
rain, sleet, snow or hail.
only rain.
only snow or hail.
Global climate change affects...
Agriculture
Water resources
Supply of furniture
Animals and humans
Which of the following statements about Climate Change is True?
The global average temperature is dropping. Some warmer countries even experience snow storms.
Global average temperature is rising. Climate change can increase the intensity and frequency of extreme weather.
Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Water vapor
Nitrous oxide
Climate change is the gradual ________ of average temperature in the atmosphere.
increase
decrease
Which options below are major causes of climate change?
electricty
planting trees
industry
agriculture
photosynthesis
Most causes of climate change can be traced back to human activity.
True
False
An effect of climate change is stronger storms.
True
False
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.
Which of the following statements is true?
Floating sea ice melts...
and causes sea levels to rise because it adds water to the ocean.
but does not cause sea levels to rise because the ice displaces the same amount of ocean water as the melted ice would displace.
Which of the following is contributing to an INCREASE in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
deforestation
photosynthesis
oceans
all of the above
the loss of animal species
What gas from the list below is a major cause of global warming?
Urethane
Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide
The increase in burning of fossils fuels has led to an ____________ in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
increase
decrease
Burning fossil fuels in large amounts...
Has no effect on Earth's climate system
Causes global temperatures to rise at a normal rate
Increases carbon emissions, without increasing carbon sinks
Has minimal effect on Earth's climate system
The greenhouse effect is...
Another word for climate change
A process in the atmosphere with only negative impacts
How the earth traps infrared radiation
The cause of the hole in the ozone layer
