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WorksheetsYear 10 Climate Change Homework Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
What evidence is there of climate change? Select the correct answers.
Rising sea levels.
Glacial retreat.
Falling global temperatures.
Decreasing snow and ice cover.
How do scientist know what the climate was like in the past? Select all the correct answers.
They monitor ice cores.
They monitor ocean sediments.
The observe / research paintings and diaries from the past.
They monitor current weather.
Which of the following are natural cause of climate change?
Changes in solar output.
Increasing use of transport such are cars, ships and planes.
Increasing energy consumption from fossil fuels.
Volcanic activity.
One of the natural causes that leads to climate change is orbital changes, but roughly how long does it take the Earth's orbit to change from a circular path to an elliptical path?
100 years
10,000 years
100,000 years
1 million years
Identify 3 current causes of climate change.
Orbital changes
Changes in solar output
Increased cattle
Burning of fossil fuels
Deforestation
Select the sources of methane.
Cattle
Landfilling of organic material
Burning fossil fuels
Growing of rice
What is the greenhouse effect?
The loss of heat in the atmosphere caused by the build-up of greenhouse gases.
The retention of heat in the atmosphere caused by the build-up of greenhouse gases.
The reflection of the suns radiation caused by the build-up of greenhouse gases.
How will the UK be affected by climate change?
Flooding due to rising sea levels.
Flooding due to increased intense rainfall events.
Increased heatwaves.
Melting glaciers.
Loss of tropical rainforests.
Which of the following is NOT a human cause of climate change?
Burning fossil fuels
Power stations producing nitrous oxides
Variations in solar energy
Deforestation
Which of these is NOT a natural cause of climate change?
Volcanic activity
Agriculture
Orbital changes
Sunspots
A natural function of the Earth's atmosphere is to keep in some of the heat that is lost from the Earth. This is known as the ..................... .............
(a)
The greenhouse effect is a natural process?
True
False
Which is NOT an example of a greenhouse gas?
Nitrous oxide
Methane
Carbon dioxide
Nitrogen dioxide
which conditions affect climate?
population
temperature
rainfall
wind patterns
which of these is NOT an impact of climate change?
rising global temperatures
over population
rising sea levels
stronger hurricanes
Weather is
Day to day changes in the atmosphere
Average weather patterns
Warming of the Earth
Methane and gases
The greenhouse effect
change in climate
is a natural process that warms the Earth's surface.
cooling of the Earth
short term weather patterns
When the ice caps melt. What will happen after?
a decrease in the sea level
nothing changes
an increase in the sea level
water evaporates
Climate is
Day to day changes in atmosphere
Long term weather patterns
gases in atmosphere
clouds
