WorksheetsTo Edit a Planet
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is the best definition of Geoengineering?
the deliberate and large-scale intervention in the Earth's climate system
the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items
The operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production
the application of engineering principles to analyze biological systems and to solve problems in the interfacing of such systems
The Earth is warming...?
properly
steadily
rapidly
slowly
What is the main branch of geoengineering focuses on...?
Building up against rising sea levels
Reducing the incidence of acid rain
Creating more rain
Removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
What is the best meaning of carbon sequestration?
The production a carbon-rich material during the thermochemical decomposition of biomass
the process of capturing and storing atmospheric carbon dioxide.
involves adding nutrients to the upper (sunlit) layers of the ocean to stimulate phytoplankton activity
The distribution of finely ground silicate rock, such as basalt, onto land or sea
Which of the following is a plant-based material used as fuel to produce heat or electricity?
Biomass
Biochar
Bioplasm
Bioherm
What is ocean upwelling?
The process of capturing and storing atmospheric carbon dioxide.
The process in which deep, cold water rises toward the surface.
The process of adding nutrients to the upper (sunlit) layers of the ocean to stimulate phytoplankton activity
Rising sea levels
Which of the following is NOT a strategy for reducing the warming impact of solar radiation?
Aerosol injection
Marine cloud brightening
Cloud thinning
Super sunshades
What is the word for 'the proportion of the incident light or radiation that is reflected by a surface, typically that of a planet or moon'?
abbozzo
abatjour
abacinate
albedo
What is the weather modification technique that improves a cloud's ability to produce rain or snow by artificially adding condensation nuclei to the atmosphere,
cloud seeding
cloud buster
cool roof
fog harps
What is the basis of the The Environmental Modification Convention (ENMOD)?
prohibiting the biochemical use of environmental modification techniques having widespread, long-lasting or severe effects.
prohibiting governmental use of environmental modification techniques having widespread, long-lasting or severe effects.
prohibiting the commercial use of environmental modification techniques having widespread, long-lasting or severe effects.
prohibiting the military or other hostile use of environmental modification techniques having widespread, long-lasting or severe effects.
