This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Climate Change And Its Socio Economic And Political Dimensions – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Climate Change And Its Socio Economic And Political Dimensions Quiz 11 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is India's per capita energy consumption? A) 5 tonnes. B) 1.9 tonnes. C) 1.7 tonnes. D) 2.3 tonnes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1.7 tonnes. 2. Which of the following is NOT evidence of global warming? A) Loss of Arctic Sea Ice. B) More extreme weather events. C) Less Water Vapor in the Air. D) Sea level rising. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Less Water Vapor in the Air. 3. Gases such as water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap heat near Earth are known as A) Global gases. B) Offset gases. C) Proxy gases. D) Greenhouse gases. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Greenhouse gases. 4. Power plants that burn coal or oil, and cars that burn gasoline release ..... into the atmosphere. A) Carbon dioxide. B) Hydrogen. C) Oxygen. D) CFC's. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon dioxide. 5. The farther you live from an ocean, the more likely your climate will be a A) Marine climate. B) Continental climate. C) Subtropical climate. D) Tropical climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Continental climate. 6. Destruction of forests to create something else in its place A) Deforestation. B) Global Warming. C) Greenhouse gases. D) Acid rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deforestation. 7. A method of measuring past climates through the study of ice layers, can extend back 5 million years. A) Ice Cylinders. B) Glacial Cycles. C) Ice Core. D) Glaciation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ice Core. 8. What effect does the tilt of the earth have? A) It changes the angle that the sun strikes the earth in different land areas. B) It causes the earth to be farther away from the sun at different times of the year. C) When the earth is tilted away from the sun we have night. D) When the earth is tilted away from the sun we have day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It changes the angle that the sun strikes the earth in different land areas. 9. What are the 3 major climate zones in order from equator to the poles? A) Polar, temperate, tropical. B) Tropical, temperate, polar. C) Temperate, polar, tropical. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tropical, temperate, polar. 10. Using public transportation, reducing the amount of electricity we use and using insulation are all ways to increase ..... A) Electricity usage. B) Nuclear power. C) Energy usage. D) Energy efficiency. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Energy efficiency. 11. Which layer is the outermost layer? A) Exosphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Troposphere. D) Thermosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exosphere. 12. Which of the following is not one of the six MAJOR groups of climates found around the world? A) High elevation. B) Humid subtropical. C) Mild. D) Continental. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humid subtropical. 13. Climate change causes extreme weather conditions such as ..... A) Excessive heat. B) Drought. C) Extreme storms. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 14. Name one cold-adapted animal we will lose to climate change A) Bears. B) Octopus. C) Polar Bears. D) Pandas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polar Bears. 15. Why do we need greenhouse gasses? A) We don't! All greenhouse gasses are bad. B) They help regulate Earth's climate. C) They decrease Earth's temperature. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They help regulate Earth's climate. 16. Which is the greatest carbon reservoir? A) Biosphere. B) Geosphere. C) Atmosphere. D) Hydrosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geosphere. 17. Which of the following human activities contribute to global climate change? A) Burning of fossil fuels. B) Deforestation. C) Both of the previous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of the previous. 18. What is the greatest threats today to biological diversity is ..... A) Fossil fuels. B) Habitat distruction. C) Acid rain. D) Global warming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Habitat distruction. 19. Which of the following are considered the major greenhouse gases? A) Water vapor and ozone. B) Water vapor and carbon dioxide. C) Ozone and carbon dioxide. D) Ozone and methane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water vapor and carbon dioxide. 20. How was the Kyoto Protocol an improvement over the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change? A) The Kyoto Protocol was aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. B) The Kyoto Protocol received support from the United States. C) The Kyoto Protocol was binding, not voluntary. D) The Kyoto Protocol treated all nations equally. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Kyoto Protocol was binding, not voluntary. 21. A prevailing wind is a wind that A) Blows from north to south. B) Blows in and area regularly. C) Is at the equator at all times. D) Carries boats along the ocean currents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blows in and area regularly. 22. During the past century, average temperatures on Earth have ..... A) Increased. B) Decreased. C) Stayed the same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increased. 23. Greenhouse gases can remain here for hundreds, even thousands of years? A) Inside our vehicles. B) In the atmosphere. C) In space. D) In the ground. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the atmosphere. 24. Which two gases, when released into the atmosphere, are believed to contribute most to global warming? A) Nitrogen and oxygen. B) Nitrogen and carbon dioxide. C) Methane and oxygen. D) Methane and carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Methane and carbon dioxide. 25. When was the start of the Quaternary period? A) 2, 600, 000 years ago. B) 1, 600, 000 years ago. C) 3, 600, 000 years ago. D) 600, 000 years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2, 600, 000 years ago. 26. Melting ice caps will cause the poles to have a ..... albedo. A) Higher. B) Lower. C) Same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lower. 27. The average temperature of Hanford over 50 years is an example of what? A) Albedo. B) Climate change. C) Climate. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climate. 28. What is the definition of CONVECTION A) When heat transfers through waves. B) When heat transfers from objects that are touching. C) A hot liquid or air that expands, becomes less dense, and rises or becomes more dense, and sinks. D) Heat traveling from the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A hot liquid or air that expands, becomes less dense, and rises or becomes more dense, and sinks. 29. If the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere? A) Spring. B) Summer. C) Fall. D) Winter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Summer. 30. Seasonal changes in the amount of daylight hours and climate conditions are caused by A) The moon allows for moon rays to heat earth. B) The oceans currents carry heat in the summer but not in the winter. C) The earths axis tilts us away from the sun in the winter and toward it in the summer. D) The earth as it circles the sun. 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