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WorksheetsClimate Change
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 51mins
The temperature and precipitation at one place at one particular time.
Climate
Weather
Global Warming
Temperature
A pattern of weather over long periods of time.
Climate
Weather
Global Warming
Temperature
A change in the pattern of weather in an area over long periods of time.
Climate
Weather
Global Warming
Global Climate Change
How are greenhouse gasses harming our environment?
They aren't
Less heat is able to escape causing the Earth to cool down
Less heat is able to escape causing the Earth to warm up
More heat is able to escape
As greenhouse gasses increase, what happens to Earth's temperature?
Increase
Decrease
Stays the Same
No Trend
As greenhouse gasses increase, what happens to heat flow out?
Increase
Decrease
Stays the Same
No Trend
What evidence is there to support that Global Warming is occurring?
Rising ocean temperatures
Declining arctic sea glacers
Sea levels rising
Increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
Climate change is defined as a change in the average temperature over a period of at least
300 years
300,000 years
3 decades
3 millions years
What are the main greenhouse gases?
carbon dioxide, oxygen, water vapor, nitrous oxide, methane
carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, water vapor, sulfur dioxide
methane, water vapor, carbon dioxide, oxygen
methane, water vapor, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide
What is the function of the Ozone Layer?
It protects the surface of the Earth from the ultraviolet radiation
It protects the Earth's surface from the infrared radiation
It decreases greenhouse emissions
It builds reservoirs of carbon
Which gas(es) caused the thinning of the Ozone?
CO2
CFC
CH4
CO
Trees are so important to our environment because they absorb (sink) which greenhouse gas?
methane
carbon dioxide
water vapor
oxygen
Why are too many greenhouse gases bad for the environment?
They cause trees to die.
They release heat and will be the cause of the next ice age.
They trap heat in our atmosphere causing the planet to warm up.
They are fossil fuels which pollute our environment.
What is global warming?
a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere.
a change in global or regional climate patterns
the cycle of processes by which water circulates between the earth's oceans, atmosphere, and land.
The action of clearing a wide area of trees.
What is climate change?
The trapping of the sun's warmth in a planet's lower atmosphere due to the greater transparency of the atmosphere to visible radiation from the sun than to infrared radiation emitted from the planet's surface.
a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, and other pollutants.
The action of clearing a wide area of trees.
a change in global or regional climate patterns, in particular a change attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels.
