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T10L5: Recent Climate Change Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are some effects of climate change?

a)

Glaciers and ice sheets melting

b)

Seas rising

c)

Storms getting stronger

d)

All of the choices

2.

How can we stop climate change?

a)

Walk to close places instead of using the car

b)

Turn off the lights when you're not in a room

c)

Recycle more

d)

All of the choices

3.

Which of the following gases is one of the main causes of global warming?

a)

Urethane

b)

Oxygen

c)

Carbon Dioxide

d)

Helium

4.

Which of the following choices refers to the Greenhouse Effect?

a)

gases that increase Earth's temperature

b)

when the gases in Earth’s atmosphere trap heat from the Sun and keep the planet warm

c)

the pattern of weather that occurs over time

d)

when our climate changes and everything change

5.

How do greenhouse gases keep the Earth warm?

a)

They absorb Earth’s outgoing radiation.

b)

They reflect excess energy from the Sun

c)

They balance the increase in carbon dioxide levels.

d)

The promote the winter season on Earth

6.

What do humans do that releases greenhouse gases into the atmosphere?

a)

Burn fossil fuels (like gas and coal)

b)

Build cement buildings

c)

Ride bikes and use solar energy

d)

Compete in the Olympics

7.
Which of the following is an example of a greenhouse gas?
a)
Carbon Dioxide
b)
Nitrogen
c)
Oxygen
d)
Neon
8.
What do scientists think the effect will be of having more greenhouse gases in our atmosphere?
a)
More warming of the atmosphere
b)
More cooling of the atmosphere
c)
More air in the atmosphere
d)
Less air in the atmosphere
9.

Which is a natural source of greenhouse gases?

a)

aerosols

b)

deforestation

c)

volcanic eruptions

d)

burning fossil fuels

10.
Which of the following is the best conclusion that can be made from this graph?
a)
atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have been decreasing since 1960
b)
Hawaii has a lot of carbon dioxide
c)
humans have been working hard to decrease carbon dioxide levels
d)
atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have increased steadily since 1960
11.

Which of the following is contributing to an INCREASE in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

a)

deforestation

b)

photosynthesis

c)

oceans

d)

the loss of animal species

12.
Increased carbon dioxide may cause global warming by trapping more ____________ in the atmosphere.
a)
water
b)
gases
c)
heat
d)
water vapor
13.

Which natural process removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

a)

forest fires

b)

volcanic eruptions

c)

cellular respiration

d)

photosynthesis

14.

How does the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere affect the climate?

a)

As carbon dioxide concentrations increase, temperatures increase

b)

As carbon dioxide concentration increases, temperatures decrease.

c)

Carbon dioxide concentrations have no effect on climate

d)

As carbon dioxide concentrations increase, temperatures become more random.

15.
What is one way that carbon enters the atmosphere?
a)
Sunlight
b)
Vehicle emissions/Exhaust
c)
Ocean uptake
d)
Rain