WorksheetsClimate Change Unit Test Review
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. The process by which water changes into vapor and enters the atmosphere from soil and water on the surface.
a)
Evaporation
b)
Precipitation
c)
Condensation
d)
Transpiration
2.
2. Water lost though the leaves of plants is known as _____.
a)
Evaporation
b)
Precipitation
c)
Condensation
d)
Transpiration
3.
3. What is released into the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned?
a)
Water
b)
Carbon Dioxide
c)
Phosphorus
d)
Nitrous Oxide
4.
5. Neither plants nor animals can obtain nitrogen directly from the atmosphere, they require the process of ______.
a)
ammonification
b)
nitrification
c)
denitrification
d)
nitrogen fixation
5.
6. Which cycle does not involve the atmosphere?
a)
Water
b)
Carbon
c)
Nitrogen
d)
Phosphorus
6.
7. This cycle is contributing to global climate change.
a)
Water
b)
Carbon
c)
Nitrogen
d)
Phosphorus
7.
8. The majority of the Earth's atmosphere is composed of this gas.
a)
Nitrogen
b)
Oxygen
c)
Carbon Dioxide
d)
Phosphorus
8.
9. Rocks are broken down through weathering and release this nutrient.
a)
Water
b)
Carbon
c)
Nitrogen
d)
Phosphorus
9.
10. Forest fires and deforestation are impacts of this cycle.
a)
Water
b)
Carbon
c)
Nitrogen
d)
Phosphorus
10.
11. Lightning make this nutrient usable by combining it with oxygen from the atmosphere.
a)
Water
b)
Carbon
c)
Nitrogen
d)
Phosphorus
11.
14. The natural warming of the Earth's surface and lower atmosphere is known as
a)
climate change
b)
the greenhouse effect
c)
global warming
d)
precipitation
12.
18. What is the most abundant greenhouse gas?
a)
Carbon Dioxide
b)
Methane
c)
Nitrous Oxide
d)
Sulfur
13.
19. Excessive amounts of carbon dioxide in the ocean causes ______.
a)
extreme weather
b)
ocean acidification
c)
global climate change
d)
hurricanes
14.
20. Which of the following is a result of ocean acidification?
a)
coral bleaching
b)
fish kills
c)
inability for marine life to create shells and skeletons
d)
all of these
15.
22. The albedo effect is
a)
the surface's ability to absorb sunlight.
b)
the surface's ability to reflect sunlight.
c)
the effect of sunlight melting the polar ice caps.
d)
the rate of melting and global temperatures in the polar regions.
16.
24. Which of the following contributed to the hole in the ozone layer?
a)
PCBs
b)
TNTs
c)
CFCs
d)
DNAs
17.
25. What does the ozone layer do?
a)
Absorbs ultra violet radiation from the Sun
b)
Traps warmth at the Earth's surface
c)
Absorbs infrared radiation from the Sun
d)
Reflects warmth back from the Earth's surface
18.
26. What is ozone made of?
a)
3 nitrogen atoms
b)
3 oxygen atoms
c)
2 oxygen atoms
d)
nitrogen and oxygen
19.
27. The ozone layer prevents all UV radiation from reaching the Earth.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
28. What changes every 41,000 years?
a)
the tilt of the Earth
b)
the shape of the Earth's rotation around the sun
c)
the distance between the moon and the Earth
d)
the distance of the Earth from the sun
21.
29. What cause the eccentricity of the Earth to change?
a)
The tilt of the Earth
b)
Other planets in our solar system
c)
The distance of the moon from the Earth
d)
The distance of the sun from the Earth
22.
30. ____________ describes how the distance of the sun matches with changes in seasons
a)
The axis tilt
b)
Eccentricity
c)
Precession
d)
Milankovitch Cycles
23.
31. The Milankovitch Cycles and the temperature of the Earth appear to increase and decrease in similar patterns.
a)
True
b)
False
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