Worksheetsclimate change impacts
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
The greenhouse effect is natural as it helps to sustain (keep) life on earth by trapping heat in the atmosphere.
False
True
The increase in burning of fossils fuels has led to an ____________ in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
increase
decrease
As ocean temperatures rise, what is happening to glaciers and ice caps?
They are getting larger.
They are becoming more dense.
They are melting.
They are moving south.
An effect of climate change is stronger storms.
True
False
How do slight increases in the acidity (change in pH) of seawater impact ocean organisms with shells?
it strengthens their shells
has no observable effect on
it weakens their shells
it mutates their shells
The ocean can absorb CO2 from the atmosphere.
True
False
Which of the following has been linked to climate change?
Droughts
Intense Storms
Melting of Polar Ice Caps
All of these
not recycling
will help polar bears move into southern areas
will make ocean currents warmer
Climate change has endangered the following global animals EXCEPT:
Arctic animals (polar bears)
Ocean species such (coral reefs and sea turtles )
Forest-dwelling animals (Orangutans and Pandas)
warm weather insects (mosquitos)
Climate change makes hurricanes stronger because
warm ocean water evaporates to form hurricanes.
the hot air moves more to form hurricanes.
there are more clouds.
the drought causes hurricanes
What is one effect of birds migrating North earlier in the spring?
Birds have more mosquitoes to eat.
Birds have more habitat.
Birds can die from lack of food
Plants have more diseases
What evidence do we have that the climate is changing?
Increased global temperatures
Glaciers and arctic ice are melting
Sea level is rising
All of these are evidence the climate is changing
How do stronger wildfires and droughts relate to climate change.
warmer temperatures mean hotter fires
more evaporation from the ground makes the soil drier
fires need carbon dioxide to burn
greenhouse gases reduce the amount of water vapor in the air
