This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Climate Change And Its Socio Economic And Political Dimensions – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Climate Change And Its Socio Economic And Political Dimensions Quiz 17 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What can happen when there is even the slightest change in nature? A) A slight change can disrupt other parts of nature and cause harm. B) A slight change typically has no lasting effects on nature. C) A slight change would have just slight, harmless effects on nature. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A slight change can disrupt other parts of nature and cause harm. 2. Ocean water contains stream-like movements of water called ..... ..... A) Ocean currents. B) Deep current. C) Surface currents. D) Ocean temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ocean currents. 3. Which is a green-house gas? A) Methane. B) Oxygen. C) Hydrogen. D) Ammonium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Methane. 4. The land on the ..... side of the mountain range is in the rain shadow. A) Cold. B) Cloud covered. C) Windward. D) Leeward. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leeward. 5. Reduced vegetation on Earth results in: A) More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. B) Increased habitats. C) More oxygen in the atmosphere. D) Less room for humans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. 6. As DDT moves up the trophic levels in food chains, or food webs, its concentration ..... A) Stays the same. B) Increases. C) Decreases. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increases. 7. Acid rain is formed when which chemicals come in contact with water? A) Chlorine and ammonia. B) Sulfur dioxides and nitrogen oxides. C) Phosphates and nitrates. D) Hydrocarbons and carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sulfur dioxides and nitrogen oxides. 8. One drawback of using nuclear power is ..... A) Nuclear waste is difficult to get rid of. B) Nuclear reactors release lots of carbon dioxide. C) Nuclear reactors release lots of methane. D) No countries actually use nuclear power yet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nuclear waste is difficult to get rid of. 9. Which of the following describes a long period of cooler temperatures resulting in growth of polar ice caps? A) Global Warming. B) Greenhouse Effect. C) Ice Age. D) Ocean Acidification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ice Age. 10. Stops harmful UV rays from the sun from entering the atmosphere. A) Ozone layer. B) Emissions. C) Recycling. D) Greenhouse Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ozone layer. 11. Which of the following is the most troubling greenhouse gas being produced by humans? A) Water Vapor. B) Nitrous Oxide. C) Methane. D) Carbon Dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carbon Dioxide. 12. What do humans do that releases the most greenhouse gases into the atmosphere? A) Burn fossil fuels (like gas and coal). B) Build cement buildings. C) Ride bikes and use solar energy. D) Compete in the Olympics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Burn fossil fuels (like gas and coal). 13. What is it called when CO$_{2}$ is absorbed by the ocean and reacts with seawater to produce acid. A) Water pollution. B) Hydrochloric acid. C) Ocean acidification. D) Seaweed salad vinegar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ocean acidification. 14. What happened to the climate change debate in 1896? A) People thought only sunspots caused climate change. B) Observations of C02 began. C) A scientist linked 19th century global warming to emissions of carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels. D) C02 absorbs long-wave radiation and doubling C02 raises temps by 5-6 degrees C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) C02 absorbs long-wave radiation and doubling C02 raises temps by 5-6 degrees C. 15. What is considered evidence thatEarth's surface is warming? A) Temperature increases ofEarth's surface are on record. B) Glaciers are smaller todaycompared to one hundredyears ago. C) Ice around both the Northand South Poles is melting. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 16. Which nation(s) currently releases the most carbon dioxide? A) United States and France. B) China and Japan. C) India and China. D) China and the United States. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) China and the United States. 17. Which of the following removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere A) Combustions. B) Respiration. C) Photosynthesis. D) Carbon dioxide hypo-synthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photosynthesis. 18. CFCs are found in what types of products? A) Household products such as Clorox. B) Stereo equipment. C) Refrigerants/coolants, styrofoam. D) LCD screens, computer monitors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Refrigerants/coolants, styrofoam. 19. One characteristic feature of tundra is that only the surface thaws in the summer and refreezes in the winter, leaving a layer of permanently frozen subsoil. This characteristic is known as A) Glaciation. B) Permafrost. C) Crystallization. D) Soilfrost. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Permafrost. 20. Which of the following would describe climate? A) Weather conditions in the area day to day. B) Weather conditions in an area over a long period of time. C) The amount of rainfall in an area. D) The temperature in an area of the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weather conditions in an area over a long period of time. 21. What effect is global climate change having on the world's oceans? A) It is causing more cases of coral bleaching. B) It is causing ocean acidification. C) Both of the previous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of the previous. 22. El Nino occurs when the tropical ocean waters are warmer in which ocean? A) Atlantic. B) Pacific. C) Indian. D) Arctic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pacific. 23. What have happened to India's C02 emissions (per person) since 1990? A) Halved. B) Doubled. C) Tripled. D) Quadrupled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Doubled. 24. Heat is radiated back to space from earth as A) Visible light. B) Gamma radiation. C) Infrared radiation. D) Ultraviolet radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Infrared radiation. 25. What is climate? A) An area's pattern of weather over a long period of time. B) What's going on with the atmosphere at any particular time. C) The type of weather that occurs during a particular season. D) How much sunshine an area gets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An area's pattern of weather over a long period of time. 26. What percentage of the global greenhouse gas emissions does the transportation sector emit? A) 33%. B) 1%. C) 14%. D) 70%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 14%. 27. Which one of these would cause a fast change to earth's surface? A) Wind weathering a mountain. B) Sand dropping on a beach. C) Volcanic eruption. D) A river eroding a canyon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Volcanic eruption. 28. Which of these is not a greenhouse gas? A) Water vapor. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Nitrous oxide. D) Oxygen. E) Methane. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxygen. 29. What is one example of something that can be done about climate change on an individual scale? A) Using less items that run on fossil fuels. B) Showering five times a day. C) Make a cup of tea. D) Eating McDonalds for dinner each day of the week. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Using less items that run on fossil fuels. 30. What is one of the criticisms of the Kyoto Protocol? A) It will never expire, and thus can never be altered. B) Most nations did not support it. C) It forces developing nations such as India to take the lead in reducing emissions. D) It only requires developed nations to reduce emissions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It only requires developed nations to reduce emissions. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPaper 1 QuizzesUgc Net QuizzesClimate Change And Its Socio Economic And Political Dimensions Quiz 1Climate Change And Its Socio Economic And Political Dimensions Quiz 2Climate Change And Its Socio Economic And Political Dimensions Quiz 3Climate Change And Its Socio Economic And Political Dimensions Quiz 4Climate Change And Its Socio Economic And Political Dimensions Quiz 5Climate Change And Its Socio Economic And Political Dimensions Quiz 6Climate Change And Its Socio Economic And Political Dimensions Quiz 7Climate Change And Its Socio Economic And Political Dimensions Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books