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Climate & Climate Change Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Heat trapped by greenhouse gases is called

a)

Climate Change

b)

Ozone Layer

c)

Greenhouse Effect

d)

Global Warming

2.

True or False: Water vapor and carbon dioxide are two types of greenhouse gases.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

What month is the average mass of the Arctic polar ice cap measured?

a)

January

b)

June

c)

September

d)

December

4.

What is the sea level change (in mm) from 1995-2013?

a)

70 mm

b)

50 mm

c)

60 mm

d)

30 mm

5.

How are the five climate zones classified?

a)

average temperature and wind

b)

average wind and heat

c)

average rain and wind

d)

average temperature and precipitation

6.

What affects climate?

a)

closeness to a large body of water

b)

distance north or south of the equator

c)

elevation/altitude

d)

all of the above

7.

The amount of radiation that bounces back from the Earth's surface is known as...

a)

surface area

b)

surface reflection

c)

surface absorption

d)

surface tension

8.

Global warming can be misleading because

a)

There is no proof that it is actually happening.

b)

All areas of the Earth are not getting warmer every year.

c)

It isn't Carbon Dioxide that is causing the temperature increase.

d)

It isn't the greenhouse gases that are causing the heat to be trapped.

9.

What are the biggest source(s) of atmospheric methane?

a)

deforestation

b)

burning fossil fuels

c)

melting permafrost

d)

livestock

10.
Some greenhouse gases are naturally present in the Earth's atmosphere
a)
True
b)
False
11.

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

a)

deforestation

b)

photosynthesis and respiration

c)

oceans acidification

d)

all of the above

12.

Global temperatures have been increasing drastically?

a)

since the Jurassic Era (time of dinosaurs) 65 million yr ago

b)

since the advent of human kind.

c)

since the industrial revolution.

d)

Climate change is not real and there is not scientific evidence of temperature change.

13.
Based on the graph, which country releases the most Greenhouse Gases?
a)
Russia
b)
Brazil
c)
China
d)
U.S.
14.

What is it called when CO2 is absorbed by the ocean and reacts with seawater to produce acid.

a)

water pollution

b)

ocean acidification

c)

seaweed salad vinegar

d)

hydrochloric acid

15.

Why are forests important in reducing climate change? Trees ____

a)

use Carbon Dioxide to make food

b)

provide building materials

c)

are an important food source

d)

reflect all sunlight away from the Earth