This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Climate Change And Its Socio Economic And Political Dimensions – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Climate Change And Its Socio Economic And Political Dimensions Quiz 1 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A change in the pattern of weather in an area over long periods of time. A) Climate. B) Weather. C) Global Warming. D) Global Climate Change. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Global Climate Change. 2. Climate change is caused primarily by? A) Plants. B) Animals. C) Space. D) Humans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humans. 3. Which of the following would not be a good alternative for slowing down greenhouse gas emissions. A) Eating food locally sourced. B) Using more green energy. C) Using more heat and air conditioning in your home. D) Planting more trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Using more heat and air conditioning in your home. 4. Greenhouse gases trap A) Ultraviolet radiation. B) Infrared radiation. C) Wave radiation. D) Visible light radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infrared radiation. 5. Which biome receives between 0 to 25 centimeters of rain per year, has a temperature range of 0 to 50 degrees Celsius, has poor soil, and is home to lizards, scorpions, and snakes? A) Desert. B) Tundra. C) Mountain. D) Taiga. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Desert. 6. Who will be affected by sea level rise? A) People that live near the coast. B) People that on sea islands. C) Everyone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Everyone. 7. Gasses that trap heat such as Carbon Dioxide and Methane A) Recycling. B) Pollution. C) Deforestation. D) Greenhouse gases. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Greenhouse gases. 8. Deposited material at the end of a river is called? A) Landform. B) Delta. C) Canyon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Delta. 9. What are long periods without any rain called? A) Droughts. B) Tundra. C) Deserts. D) Wildfires. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Droughts. 10. What role do the oceans play in the carbon cycle? A) They have no role. B) They are a major absorber (sink of carbon dioxide). C) Both a and b. D) Neither a nor b. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are a major absorber (sink of carbon dioxide). 11. In some years there are more hurricanes than usual. This is probably because A) The ozone layer is very thin. B) The ocean is warmer than usual. C) There are more windy days than usual. D) The gravitational pull of the Moon is stronger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ocean is warmer than usual. 12. Overall, the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has .....? A) Increased. B) Decreased. C) Stayed the same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increased. 13. What would best describe the conditions in the troposphere if there were NO greenhouse gases? A) Cloudier. B) Denser. C) Wetter. D) Cooler. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cooler. 14. What event occurred during the 1800s began the chain of events leading to climate change? A) The Civil War. B) Westward Expansion. C) Transcontinental Railroad. D) Industrial Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Industrial Revolution. 15. Which major world event is thought to have been caused by a climate cooling as a result of volcanic eruptions? A) The Fall of Rome. B) Scotland's 2018 Calcutta Cup victory. C) The French Revolution. D) Fall of the Berlin Wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The French Revolution. 16. Food Chains-2 Truths and a Lie, Pick the lie A) Human food sources will be impacted by climate change even though much is grown on farms. B) Changes in arctic sea ice is leading to less ice algae-an important base of the arctic food chain. C) Organisms at the top of the food chain (humans, hawks, etc) will be at the least risk when food chains are disrupted. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organisms at the top of the food chain (humans, hawks, etc) will be at the least risk when food chains are disrupted. 17. How much has the average global temperature risen by since 1880 (in Fahrenheit)? A) 3 degrees. B) 1.69 degrees. C) 5 degrees. D) 0.5 degrees. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1.69 degrees. 18. What gas from the list below is a cause for global warming? A) Urethane. B) Oxygen. C) Carbon Dioxide. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon Dioxide. 19. The one "quick fix" to climate change is ..... A) Stop using energy. B) Stop using gasoline. C) Stop using fossil fuels. D) Stop using coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stop using fossil fuels. 20. The process by which exposed rock and other surfaces are broken down A) Deposition. B) Cementation. C) Weathering. D) Erosion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weathering. 21. Dinosaurs and other prehistoric things that became natural fuel sources are called ..... A) Global Warming. B) Fossil Fuels. C) Global Climate Change. D) Greenhouse Gases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fossil Fuels. 22. How do trees and plants help to fight global warming? A) They release O2. B) They release CO2. C) They absorb CO2. D) They have no effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They absorb CO2. 23. The weather conditions that are expected in a particular area at a certain time of year.(for example:Winter temperatures in Elko average between 0 and 30 degrees. Precipitation averages 11 inches of water/year. ) A) Weather. B) Global warming. C) Climate. D) Climate change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climate. 24. Which of these are environmental impacts of climate change on the UK? A) Drought will be more frequent and intense. B) Loss of habitats due to sea level rises. C) Flooding will become more common. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 25. Climate change can lead to ..... A) Sea level rise and floods in coastal areas. B) Droughts. C) Spread of dengue fever and malaria. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 26. What is the IDEAL limit on temperature increases in the Paris Agreement? A) <3 degrees C. B) <1.5 degrees C. C) <0.5 degrees C. D) <2 degrees C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) <1.5 degrees C. 27. How do mountains affect climate? A) They have no affect. B) They affect the distribution of precipitation. C) Both sides of the mountain receive the same amount of precipitation. D) Both sides become desert regions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They affect the distribution of precipitation. 28. Globally, which of the following economic sectors emits the largest percentage of greenhouse gas emissions? A) Transportation. B) Buildings. C) Industry. D) Electricity and heat production. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Electricity and heat production. 29. Which is not a factor that affects climate? A) Altitude. B) Latitude. C) Lakes and oceans. D) Living organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Living organisms. 30. Sea and land breezes over a large region that change direction with the seasons. A) Monsoons. B) Sun spots. C) Ice age. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monsoons. 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