This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Climate Change And Its Socio Economic And Political Dimensions – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Climate Change And Its Socio Economic And Political Dimensions Quiz 13 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The loss of forests over extensive areas in pursuit of economic activity A) Deforesting. B) Afforesting. C) Afforestation. D) Deforestation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deforestation. 2. The replanting of trees in order to 'green' an area, allowing more CO2 to be absorbed. A) Green Wall. B) Greening. C) Deforestation. D) Afforestation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Afforestation. 3. What percent of climate scientists agree that humans are causing climate change? A) 97%. B) 50%. C) 75%. D) 10%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 97%. 4. How does deforestation increase climate change? A) Cutting down trees means we make more carbon dioxide. B) Cutting down trees means there is less carbon being absorbed. C) Cutting down trees means that cows get angry and make more gases. D) Cutting down trees means that we have less paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cutting down trees means there is less carbon being absorbed. 5. Which of the following is NOT a cause for global warming? A) Having too many cows. B) Burning Fossil Fuels. C) Planting new trees. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Planting new trees. 6. Weather is a region's A) Atmospheric conditions on a given day. B) Long-term, prevailing atmospheric conditions. C) Number of seasonal daylight hours. D) Lack of ocean currents. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Atmospheric conditions on a given day. 7. Which of the following gases IS NOT considered a greenhouse gas? A) Methane. B) Nitrogen. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Water vapor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nitrogen. 8. How do most animals get the carbon they need to survive? A) Respiration. B) Eating Plants. C) Transpiration. D) Photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eating Plants. 9. What is the main cause for global wind patterns? A) Currents in the ocean affect the air above it. B) Unequal heating of different parts of Earth. C) Differences in elevation on different landmasses. D) Greenhouse gases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unequal heating of different parts of Earth. 10. How does the ocean warming affect the atmosphere? A) The ocean would absorb more CO2. B) The ocean will dry up. C) The ocean will freeze. D) The atmosphere would have more water vapor increasing the greenhouse effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The atmosphere would have more water vapor increasing the greenhouse effect. 11. Milankovitch Cycles have dramatically changed climate in the past, but why are they likely not responsible for the changes in climate we have seen today? A) Milankovitch Cycles only change seasons. B) Milankovitch cycles only change the tilt of the Earth. C) Our climate is changing to fast. D) Out climate is changing too slow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Our climate is changing to fast. 12. Which event is not a result of climate change? A) Global warming. B) Change in tides. C) Melting glaciers. D) Sea level changes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Change in tides. 13. Which of the following is an example of a mitigation strategy? A) Using renewable resources. B) Using non-emissions energy sources. C) Using energy efficient products. D) All of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of them. 14. If the Great Ocean Conveyor were to be disrupted by the flow of freshwater from Greenland, which of these continental areas would experience the greatest impact? A) Western Europe. B) North America. C) Australia. D) Southern Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Western Europe. 15. How much solar radiation is reflected back by clouds? A) 10 percent. B) 5 percent. C) 19 percent. D) 30 percent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 30 percent. 16. Climate is the weather ..... A) At the poles. B) Of a region averaged over a long period of time. C) Closer to the equator. D) Changes from day to day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of a region averaged over a long period of time. 17. La Nina will cause the weather in Texas to be A) Warm and wet. B) Cold and wet. C) Cold and dry. D) Warm and dry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Warm and dry. 18. Of scientists believe what is causing climate change? A) Animals and Plants. B) Eco-Friendly Cars. C) Humans. D) Conservation of energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humans. 19. Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere? A) Combustion. B) Respiration. C) Photosynthesis. D) Death. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photosynthesis. 20. The sun's rays are least direct near the equator. A) False-at high altitudes. B) False-far from the ocean. C) False-near the poles. D) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) False-near the poles. 21. Global warming is a result of increase in what? A) Forest animals. B) Fishing in the ocean. C) Greenhouse gases. D) Sun spots. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greenhouse gases. 22. Solar, geothermal, hydro-power and ..... energy are considered to be ..... energy source because they emit no greenhouse gases into A) Wind, dirty. B) Biofuels, Clean. C) Wind, clean. D) Bio-fuels, dirty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wind, clean. 23. How do plants store excess sugar? A) As chitin. B) As cellulose. C) As starch. D) As glycogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As starch. 24. Where does coral get food? A) From the sun. B) From algae. C) From fish. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) From algae. 25. In which layer do greenhouse gases accumulate? A) Stratosphere. B) Troposphere. C) Thermosphere. D) Mesosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Troposphere. 26. Visible light reaches Earth's surface and is remitted as heat. Gasses in the atmosphere, reflect this heat back to earth where it is reabsorbed. What is this process? A) Greenhouse Effect. B) Earth's Reflectivity. C) Global Warming. D) Climate Change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greenhouse Effect. 27. Chlorofluorocarbons are major cause of ..... A) Warm ocean water. B) Ozone depletion. C) Clean swimming pools. D) Coal creation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ozone depletion. 28. Technology used to capture carbon from being released into the atmosphere, usually produced in fossil fuel energy production. A) Carbon Footprint. B) Carbon Capture. C) Carbon Trapping. D) Carbon Cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon Capture. 29. What helps protect us from harmful UV rays from the sun? A) Clouds. B) Ozone layer. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Greenhouse gases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ozone layer. 30. Global warming is known as the gradual increase in ..... of the atmosphere. A) Precipitation. B) Temperature. C) Ocean currents. D) Sun spots. 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