This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Climate Change And Its Socio Economic And Political Dimensions – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Climate Change And Its Socio Economic And Political Dimensions Quiz 16 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which has a lower albedo (absorbs the most sunlight), an asphalt parking lot or a snow-covered field? A) Snow-covered field. B) Asphalt parking lot. C) More information is needed to answer this question. D) They have the same albedo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asphalt parking lot. 2. Carbon Dioxide levels in our atmosphere are ..... A) At an all time high in Earth's history. B) At an all time low in Earth's history. C) About the same as it was 800, 000 years ago. D) Lower than it was 75 years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At an all time high in Earth's history. 3. Which activity is the largest source of U.S. greenhouse gases? A) Vehicle emissions. B) Electricity generation. C) Geothermal power. D) Factory emissions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electricity generation. 4. How does an increase in carbon dioxide affect global temperature? A) Decreases. B) Temperature stays the same. C) Does not affect temperature. D) Increases. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increases. 5. What effect will longer summers have on nature? A) Change in migration patterns. B) Change in plant flowering times. C) Change in crop production. D) All of the previous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the previous. 6. Why does the melting arctic ice not directly raise sea level? A) Because there is not enough arctic ice to make a difference. B) Because the ice is already floating on and displacing the water. C) Both of the previous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because the ice is already floating on and displacing the water. 7. The UK had a Big Freeze event in 20 ..... A) 13. B) 10. C) 12. D) 15. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 10. 8. What may have caused the increase in carbon dioxide in Keeling's measurements? A) Greenhouse effect. B) Global warming. C) Cellular respirtation. D) Burning fossil fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Burning fossil fuels. 9. As greenhouse gasses increase, what happens to Earth's temperature? A) No Trend. B) Stays the Same. C) Decrease. D) Increase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increase. 10. An environment that is easily disturbed and difficult to restore A) Fragile Atmosphere. B) Delicate Environment. C) Delicate Atmosphere. D) Fragile Environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fragile Environment. 11. Which of these areas would the COLDEST? A) A low elevation area in a polar zone. B) A high elevation area in a polar zone. C) A high elevation area in a tropical zone. D) A low elevation area in a tropical zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A high elevation area in a polar zone. 12. Which one of the choices below is NOT a cause for global warming? A) Having too many farm animals. B) Burning Fossil Fuels. C) Planting new trees. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Planting new trees. 13. Sea and land breezes over a large region that change direction with the seasons arecalled A) Desert winds. B) Savannas. C) Monsoons. D) Prevailing winds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prevailing winds. 14. Where are the atmospheric measurements of carbon dioxide taken? A) Antarctica. B) In Hawai'i, in the midst of the Pacific Ocean. C) In the midst of a city. D) Near a large forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In Hawai'i, in the midst of the Pacific Ocean. 15. Which of these descriptions applies to the stratosphere, not the troposphere? A) The lowest level of the atmosphere. B) The ozone layer is found here. C) The layer of the atmosphere that humans and other living organisms reside in. D) Temperature quickly drops as you increase in altitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ozone layer is found here. 16. As you travel from the North Pole toward the equator, you would expect to see A) Tropical rain forests, then deserts, then taiga. B) Temperate deciduous forests, then taiga, then tropical rain forests. C) Tundra, then grasslands, then tropical rain forests. D) Taiga, then desert, then tundra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tundra, then grasslands, then tropical rain forests. 17. Areas defined by their geographical location and ecological similarity are called? A) Biotopes. B) Biodomes. C) Ecozones. D) Biomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biomes. 18. One possible explanation for past climate changes is the movement of Earth's ..... from their previous positions. A) Continents. B) Arctic poles. C) Atmospheric layers. D) Latitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Continents. 19. Because of its high ....., Mount Everest has a cool climate all year. A) Level of snow. B) Water level. C) Elevation. D) Latitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elevation. 20. When ocean temperatures rise, ..... rises as well due to ..... melting. A) Water level, snow. B) Ice level, ice. C) Sea level, glaciers. D) Land level, ice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sea level, glaciers. 21. What do scientists predict will happen to sea level if Global Warming continues? A) Levels will lower. B) Nothing. C) Seas could dry up, killing fish. D) Levels will rise. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Levels will rise. 22. Why are surface currents at the surface of the ocean? A) Less salinty. B) Colder temperature. C) Colder temperature & more salinty. D) Warmer temperature & less salinty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Warmer temperature & less salinty. 23. The vascular tissues of the plant are the ..... which brings water UP from the roots of the plant to the leaves and the ..... which brings nutrients FROM the leaves to other parts of the plant A) Xylem, phloem. B) Stomata, guard cell. C) Phloem, xylem. D) Guard cell, stomata. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Xylem, phloem. 24. How much of the Earth's surface is covered in water? A) 85%. B) 70%. C) 92%. D) 50%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 70%. 25. Which of the following activities contributes the most to carbon emissions globally? A) Agriculture. B) Respiration. C) Deforestation. D) Burning fossil fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Burning fossil fuels. 26. Which is a main process by which dangerous levels of greenhouse gases accelerate climate change? A) They trap heat in the lower atmosphere. B) They allow heat to escape earth quickly. C) They reflect microwave radiation. D) They trap heat in the upper atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They trap heat in the lower atmosphere. 27. A "hot, sunny day" is an example of A) Climate. B) Temperature. C) Weather. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weather. 28. In which Layer of Our Atmosphere Does the Ozone Reside In? A) Mesosphere. B) Exosphere. C) Photosphere. D) Stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stratosphere. 29. Sun, wind, and hydro power are all this type of resource because there seems to be a never ending supply. A) Fossil Fuels. B) Man-made. C) Renewable. D) Nonrenewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Renewable. 30. The Greenhouse effect happens naturally. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) DON'T KNOW. D) None of above. 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