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Effects of Climate Change (All 4 Parts)

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does a living thing's habitat include?

a)

Everything it needs for survival

b)

Only its food sources

c)

Just its shelter

2.

What is an essential part of the polar bear habitat?

a)

Ice

b)

Rivers

c)

Forests

d)

Deserts

3.

Why are polar bears losing their habitat?

a)

Due to humans invading their space

b)

Because of the increasing number of seals sharing the ice

c)

Due to more ice forming in the Arctic

d)

Because of warmer temperatures melting ice

4.

What happens to salmon in warmer water?

a)

They grow bigger

b)

They migrate to the ocean

c)

Young salmon die

d)

They change color

5.

How does climate change affect weather patterns?

a)

Some places become wetter and others drier

b)

Makes all places drier

c)

No effect on weather patterns

d)

Makes all places wetter

6.

Which species benefit (are helped) by climate change? (pick two)

a)

Mosquitoes

b)

Salmon

c)

Polar Bears

d)

Kudzu Plants

7.

What do many plants and animals do as their habitats change? (pick two)

a)

Stop reproducing

b)

Move toward the poles

c)

Dig underground

d)

Move higher up mountains

8.

Why is it hard for animals to adapt when they reach the top of a mountain?

a)

It's too cold at the top

b)

There's nowhere higher to go

9.

How are Pikas responding to a warming climate?

a)

The are moving closer to the polar regions.

b)

They are beginning to eat more mosquitoes.

c)

The are moving higher up mountains.

d)

The are eating more kudzu plants.

10.

A major consequence of climate change for many species is that they will...

a)

move down moutains, closer to the ocean.

b)

move closer to the equator.

c)

become extinct.

11.

What is one effect of a warming global climate?

a)

Rising sea levels

b)

Lowering of sea levels

12.

Over the past hundred years, how much have global sea levels risen?

a)

5 to 10 centimeters

b)

10 to 20 centimeters

c)

20 to 30 centimeters

d)

30 to 40 centimeters

13.

(pick two)

Solid ice layers made from snow that has built up and compressed year after year create...

a)

glaciers.

b)

permafrost.

c)

arctic tundra.

d)

ice sheets.

14.

What causes sea levels to rise around the world?

a)

Tsunamis

b)

Melting ice on land

c)

Increase in underwater volcanoes

d)

Tidal waves

15.

If glaciers and ice sheets melt faster than they are building up, ____ water ends up in the ocean.

a)

more

b)

less

16.

True or False?....

Warmer ocean water takes up more space than colder ocean water. This also can cause sea levels to rise.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Why do sea levels not rise the same amount everywhere?

a)

Because of the rotation of the Earth

b)

Because of the shape of the land

c)

Because of the moon's gravity

18.

How much is the global average temperature predicted to rise due to climate change?

a)

3 degrees Celsius

b)

10 degrees Celsius

c)

6 degrees Celsius

d)

8 degrees Celsius

19.

Rising global average temperatures lead to....

a)

less extreme weather.

b)

no changes in weather.

c)

more extreme weather.

20.

True or False?

Warm ocean water gives more power to hurricanes and typhoons.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

True or False?

Warming temperatures have led to more snowstorms.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

The warming climate changes patterns of wind and water currents make some areas drier.

This can create....

a)

Tornadoes

b)

Droughts

c)

Hurricanes

d)

Typhoons

23.

Apply what you have learned in Amplify lesson 1.2.

Each year, the tornado count in the the United States is different.

These differences in data can be described as...

a)

trends.

b)

fluctuations.