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1.4 Climate change [Mastery check]]

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the Greenhouse Affect?

a)

As carbon dioxide concentrations increase, temperatures increase

b)

Condition that is caused by carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor trapping heat in the Earth's atmosphere

c)

causes sea levels to rise because it adds water to the ocean.

d)

The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.

2.

Which of the following events would be MOST likely to add Greenhouse Gases to the atmosphere?

a)

Hurricane

b)

Tsunami

c)

Forest Fire

d)

Ecological Succession

3.

The following are Greenhouse Gases:

a)

Carbon Dioxide

b)

Methane

c)

Salt

d)

Phosphorus

e)

Water vapor

4.
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 atmosphere
b)
lower levels of nitrogen in the atmosphere
c)
higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
d)
higher levels of oxygen in the atmosphere
5.
Which of the following is the best conclusion that can be made from this graph?
a)

atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have been decreasing since 1960

b)

Hawaii has a lot of carbon dioxide

c)

humans have been working hard to decrease carbon dioxide levels

d)

atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have increased steadily since 1960

6.
Which of the following gases DOES NOT trap heat?
a)
carbon dioxide
b)
nitrogen
c)
water vapor
d)
methane
7.
Which of the following have been linked to climate change?  
a)
droughts
b)
flooding
c)
melting of polar ice caps
d)
all of the above
8.
The main human activity that releases greenhouse gases is
a)
using bottled water
b)
burning fossil fuels
c)
texting on cellphones
d)
eating meat
9.
Melting of glaciers and polar ice caps....
a)
will result in cooler temperatures in the Arctic
b)
will result in sea-levels rising
c)
Will have no effect on ecosystems
d)
None of the above
10.

What do we call ice deposits that move down mountain valleys?

a)

Snow patch

b)

Ice Sheet

c)

Glacier

d)

Ice Cap

11.

When was the first ice-age?

a)

650 million years ago

b)

470 million years ago

c)

About 2 billion years ago

12.

What is the importance of greenhouse gas?

a)

For respiration

b)

To keep the earth warm

c)

For breathing

d)

To frozen the Earth

13.

Which of the following statements is true about ice ages?

a)

In the colder periods, there was no ice at all, even at the poles.

b)

The ice ages have already ended

c)

The Earth has cycled between relatively warm periods and relatively cold periods

14.

Why was the Earth given the name "Snowball Earth"?

a)

Snowballs collided with the Earth

b)

Ice and snow covered the whole Earth

c)

The Earth was melting

15.

Which of the following is NOT the effect of hurricanes and typhoons?

a)

severe flooding

b)

more food

c)

destroying home

d)

damaging people's livelihoods

16.

If the rain fails to come, _____________

a)

severe flooding will happen

b)

the harvest of the farmers will increase

c)

drought will happen

d)

it is easier to grow crops

17.

If rain falls much more heavily, ________________________

a)

the risk of forest fires increases

b)

drought will happen

c)

severe flooding will happen

18.

Which of the following factors cause the rising of sea levels?

I. Increase in the Earth's temperature

II. Increase in the sea temperature

III. The freezing of ice caps

IV. Expansion of sea water

a)

I, II and III

b)

I, II and IV

c)

II, III and IV

d)

All of the above

19.

What is an object called when it enters Earth’s atmosphere but DOES NOT reach the surface?

a)

Meteoraid

b)

Meteorite

c)

Meteoroid

d)

Meteor

20.

What do we call a meteor that has reached the Earth?

a)

Comet

b)

Meteorite

c)

Meteoroid

d)

Asteroid

21.

What causes Meteoroids to burst into flames upon entering the Earth's Atmosphere?

a)

They are made out of flammable materials

b)

They cannot handle the pressure of Earth

c)

They do not burst into flames, they only reflect the Sun's light

d)

Friction from the Earths atmosphere

22.

If a meteor reaches the Earth’s surface and collides with the Earth, what is created?

a)

Oort cloud

b)

Crater

c)

Crater hole

23.

Objects in the sky that are too small and numerous to be considered planets are called?

a)

Asteroids

b)

Comet

c)

Meteoroids

d)

Meteorite

24.

Which object in space is larger?

a)

Asteroid

b)

Meteoroid

25.

A small rock orbiting the sun in space. This object is a small broken off piece of a larger asteroid

a)

Meteoroid

b)

Meteor

c)

Meteorite

26.
Meteorites...
a)
 hit the ground
b)
burn up completely in the atmosphere
c)
debris from asteroids/comets that float around in space
27.
Meteors...
a)
burn up completely in the atmosphere producing streaks of light
b)
hit the ground
c)
debris from asteroids/comets floating around in space
28.

I am sometimes called a shooting star.

a)

meteor

b)

asteroid

c)

comet

29.

Global warming can cause the glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica to melt resulting in

a)

more extreme weather

b)

a rise in sea level

c)

an increase in the spread of infectious diseases