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Quiz - AP Climate Change

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Climate models predict that global warming will be most severe in which regions?

a)

Australia

b)

North America

c)

Polar Regions

d)

Africa

e)

Euro-Asia

2.

All of the following are greenhouse gases EXCEPT

a)

carbon dioxide

b)

water vaopr

c)

methane

d)

nitrogen

3.

If global temperature warmed for any reason, atmospheric water vapor would increase due to evaporation. This would increase the greenhouse effect and thereby further rise the temperature. As a result, the ice caps would melt back, making the planet less reflective so that it would warm further. This process is an example of

a)

synergistic feedback

b)

positive-feedback loop

c)

negative-feedback loop

d)

negative coupling

4.

Which of the following statements about the greenhouse effect is false?

a)

The amount of heat trapped in the troposphere depends on concentrations of greenhouse gases.

b)

Changes in CO2 and methane levels correlate closely with changes in global average temperature.

c)

Life on earth is totally dependent on the natural greenhouse effect

d)

The greenhouse effect is a new theory that explains the warming of the atmosphere.

5.

Which of the following is not a human activity responsible for adding CO2, CH4, and N2O to the atmosphere?

a)

combustion of fossil fuels

b)

cultural eutrophication

c)

deforestation

d)

combustion of petroleum

6.

Which of the following is NOT correct?

a)

Increased glacial melting leads to decreased albedo.

b)

Decrease in cloud albedo leads to increased atmospheric temperature.

c)

Decreased atmospheric H2O leads to an increased greenhouse effect.

d)

Increased surface temperature leads to increased evaporation.

7.

The thawing of permafrost will most likely result in

a)

additional water vapor in the atmosphere

b)

less water vapor in the atmosphere

c)

additional nitrogen oxides in the atmosphere

d)

additional sulfur oxides in the atmosphere

e)

additional methane in the atmosphere

8.

One result of increased troposphere temperatures that are observed today is

a)

An increase in skin cancers in people

b)

And increase in the average global sea levels of 10 to 20 cm

c)

More radon seepage into people’s homes

d)

A deeper permafrost in Artic regions

e)

Lakes and ponds remaining frozen longer into the spring

9.

1. The increase in CO2 in the atmosphere coincides with the start of the ________________ and correlates to an increase of ____________ within the atmosphere.

I. Industrial Revolution

II. Ozone

III. Green Revolution

IV. Temperature

V. Water Vapor

a)

I and II

b)

I and IV

c)

I and V

d)

III and II

e)

III and IV

10.

Increased combustion of fossil fuels since 1750 has contributed to all of the following EXCEPT

a)

melting permafrost

b)

ocean acidification

c)

decreased ozone layer

d)

ocean thermal expansion

e)

coastal flooding

11.

Which of the following have been linked to climate change?

a)

droughts

b)

melting of polar ice caps

c)

flooding

d)

all of the above

12.

The average temperature of the surface of Earth has increased approximately 1°C in the past century. Which reason best explains this increase in temperature?

a)

lower levels of ozone in the atmopshere

b)

higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

c)

lower levels of nitrogen in the atmosphere

d)

higher levels of oxygen in the atmosphere

13.

Ocean acidification is the effect of climate change. It happens as a result of ____.

a)

increased CO2

b)

sedimentation

c)

thermal expansion

d)

changes in upwelling

14.

Which of the following will require most developed countries to decrease emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases?

a)

Montreal Protocol

b)

Emissions Reduction Act

c)

Kyoto Protocol

d)

Paris Agreement

15.

From the Paris Agreement video, what was the temperature limit that the Paris Agreement is aiming at keeping as compared to pre-industrial levels? How long are the cycles that allows for the evaluation of each countries plans and progression to their goals?

a)

3 degrees Celsius and 3 year evaluation

b)

1.5-2 degrees Celsius and 5 year evaluation

c)

2-2.5 degrees Celsius and 8 year evaluation

d)

1 degree Celsius and countries are not held accountable for their progress