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WorksheetsClimate Change Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
What evidence is there of climate change? Select the correct answers.
Rising sea levels.
Glacial retreat.
Falling global temperatures.
Decreasing snow and ice cover.
How do scientist know what the climate was like in the past? Select all the correct answers.
They monitor ice cores.
They monitor ocean sediments.
The observe / research paintings and diaries from the past.
They monitor current weather.
Which of the following are natural cause of climate change?
Changes in solar output.
Increasing use of transport such are cars, ships and planes.
Increasing energy consumption from fossil fuels.
Volcanic activity.
One of the natural causes that leads to climate change is orbital changes, but roughly how long does it take the Earth's orbit to change from a circular path to an elliptical path?
100 years
10,000 years
100,000 years
1 million years
Identify 3 current causes of climate change.
Orbital changes
Changes in solar output
Increased cattle
Burning of fossil fuels
Deforestation
Select the sources of methane.
Cattle
Deforestation
Burning fossil fuels
Growing of rice
What is the greenhouse effect?
The loss of heat in the atmosphere caused by the build-up of greenhouse gases.
Heat being reflected back and trapped in the Earth's atmosphere because of greenhouse causes.
The reflection of the suns radiation back out to space caused by the build-up of greenhouse gases.
What are the social effects of climate change?
Creation of environmental refugees
Increased health risks such as heat stroke in the UK.
Increased forest fires.
Rising sea temperatures.
Increased famine in areas that are too hot and dry to grow food.
What are the economic consequences of climate change?
Increased tropical diseases such as malaria.
Increased spending on coastal defences to protect from rising sea levels.
Loss of income from agriculture in some regions which become too dry.
Loss of coral reefs.
Shorter skiing seasons leads to a loss in tourism for some areas.
How can we adapt to climate change?
Carbon Capture and Storage.
Reduce dependence on fossil fuels.
Plant alternative crops that will suit climate changes.
Manage current water supplies more effectively.
Build sea defences to cope with the expected sea level rises.
How can you mitigate the effects of climate change (reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere)?
Carbon Capture and Storage.
Invest in renewable energy.
Change the types of crops grown in a given area.
Manage water more effectively.
Plant more trees.
How will the UK be affected by climate change?
Flooding due to rising sea levels.
Flooding due to increased intense rainfall events.
Increased heatwaves.
Melting glaciers.
Loss of tropical rainforests.
What are the human causes of climate change?
Burning fossil fuels
Deforestation
Agriculture
Orbital changes
Some argue that climate change is a natural process as the climate has fluctuated throughout the quaternary period. But what are the natural factors that have led to changes in our climate in the past?
Increased use of fossil fuels.
More cows.
Orbital changes.
Volcanic activity
Changes in solar output.
The quaternary period is the name given to the last......
26,000 years
26 years
2.6 million years
260 million years
