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WorksheetsHuman Causes of Climate Change
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
Which of these are human causes of climate change?
Milankovitch Cycles
Pollution
Sunspots
Deforestation
Raising livestock and animals increases climate change because cattle produce lots of which gas?
(a)
How does deforestation increase climate change?
Cutting down trees means we make more carbon dioxide
Cutting down trees means there is less carbon being absorbed
Cutting down trees means that cows get angry and make more gases
Cutting down trees means that we have less paper
True or false? The greenhouse effect is when solar radiation is trapped in the atmosphere and warms the earth.
True
False
The greenhouse effect is increased by emissions of...
(a)
True or False: Climate on Earth never changes
True
False
Causes of Climate Change are
only human activity
a combination of natural and human forces
only natural forces
A volcanic eruption on Earth causes the temperature to
rise
stay the same
drop
Earth is currently experiencing
a warming trend
a period of unchanging climate
a cooling trend
an ice age
Is the Greenhouse Effect a completely bad thing?
yes
no
What gas from the list below is a major cause of global warming?
Urethane
Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide
Which is a natural source of greenhouse gases that cause climate change?
burning fossil fuels
deforestation
volcanic eruptions
What happened in the late 1700's- early 1800's that caused carbon dioxide levels increase significantly?
New factories were being built that caused more pollution
The civil war caused more pollution
Scientists figured out how to clean up pollution in the air
It did not increase
Select ALL types of fossil fuels below.
coal
oil
natural gas
What do we call the conditions in an area over a long period of time?
Climate
Weather
