This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Climate Change And Its Socio Economic And Political Dimensions – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Climate Change And Its Socio Economic And Political Dimensions Quiz 19 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation, e.g., carbon dioxide and chlorofluorocarbons. A) Emissions. B) Weather. C) Global Warming. D) Greenhouse gasses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Greenhouse gasses. 2. Carbon in the slow track carbon cycle takes between ..... to move from one reservoir to another. A) 75-100 years. B) 100-200 billion years. C) 15-30 days. D) 1-2 minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 100-200 billion years. 3. Which has the highest albedo (reflects the most sunlight)? A) Glacial ice. B) The ground. C) Roads. D) The oceans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Glacial ice. 4. Which of the following indicates the pathway of water through a plant? A) Stomata $\rightarrow$ Root hair cell $\rightarrow$ Xylem. B) Root hair cell $\rightarrow$ Xylem $\rightarrow$ Stomata. C) Xylem $\rightarrow$ Stomata $\rightarrow$ Root hair cell. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Root hair cell $\rightarrow$ Xylem $\rightarrow$ Stomata. 5. Eccentricity influences the shape of the Earth's orbit around the sun. As eccentricity increases, the shape of Earth's orbit becomes more ..... A) Circular. B) Oval-shaped. C) Square. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oval-shaped. 6. Where can you find carbon? A) Only in Earth's atmosphere. B) Inside all water molecules. C) Inside the sun. D) Inside every living thing on Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inside every living thing on Earth. 7. Which of the following has been attributed the cause for global climate change? A) Chlorofluorocarbons. B) Carbon Dioxide. C) Ozone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon Dioxide. 8. What happens when energy from the Sun encounters a white surface (ice or snow)? The energy is: A) Reflected off the surface and leaves the atmosphere. B) Reflected off the surface and trapped in the atmosphere. C) Absorbed by the surface and stored in the land and ocean. D) Absorbed by the surface, radiating heat into the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reflected off the surface and leaves the atmosphere. 9. Chloroflurocarbons are found in A) Aerosols. B) Refrigerants. C) Foams. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 10. What is the most common greenhouse gas? (makes up 80% of US greenhouse gas) A) Nitrogen. B) Helium. C) Oxygen. D) Carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carbon dioxide. 11. Adding heat to something increases its ..... energy. A) Mechanical. B) Potential. C) Chemical. D) Kinetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kinetic. 12. How does planting trees reduce the greenhouse effect? A) Trees remove carbon dioxidefrom the atmosphere. B) Trees reflect sunlight backinto space. C) Tree roots trap moisturein the soil. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trees remove carbon dioxidefrom the atmosphere. 13. Which of the following are things we can do to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? A) Car pool to school. B) Do not waste electricity. C) Plant trees. D) All of the previous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the previous. 14. What is happening to coral reefs around the world? A) They are growing too big. B) They are in danger of dying. C) They pollute the ocean. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are in danger of dying. 15. Which sentence from the article best supports the idea that the warming climate is harming our planet? A) Ten percent of Earth's surface is covered by ice, but that number is declining rapidly. B) While our planet has seen natural climate changes before, this time is different. C) Greenhouse gases come from the burning of fossil fuels. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ten percent of Earth's surface is covered by ice, but that number is declining rapidly. 16. A natural hazard occurs when natural physical processes become ..... A) Dormant and inactive. B) Extreme and unpredictable. C) Scary!. D) Faster than usual. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extreme and unpredictable. 17. Which observation describes a change in climate rather than a change in weather? A) The thunderstorm dropped about three centimeters of rain today. B) The average summer temperatures have increased over the last ten years. C) The snowfall in this area was more this week than it was last week. D) The average wind speed in April was less than it was in March. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The average summer temperatures have increased over the last ten years. 18. The movement of carbon, in its many forms, between the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and geosphere is: A) The greenhouse effect. B) Photosynthesis. C) The carbon cycle. D) Weathering. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The carbon cycle. 19. How long does it take the Earth to rotate on its axis? A) 1 week. B) 1 month. C) 1 year. D) 1 day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1 day. 20. When large amounts of carbon dioxide dissolve in the oceans, what is the result? A) Increase Coral Growth. B) Rising Sea Levels. C) Seawater with lower pH. D) Seawater with higher pH. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Seawater with higher pH. 21. A periodic change in air pressure, wind patterns, ocean temperature, and ocean circulation in the Pacific Ocean. A) Electricity. B) El Nina. C) El Nino. D) Electrolysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) El Nino. 22. How much is the global temperature expected to rise in the next 80 years? A) 8.5$^ \circ$C-12.7$^ \circ$C. B) 3.3$^ \circ$C-7.2$^ \circ$C. C) 2.5$^ \circ$C-10.4$^ \circ$C. D) 1.1$^ \circ$C-2.3$^ \circ$C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2.5$^ \circ$C-10.4$^ \circ$C. 23. Which receives the most solar radiation? A) The oceans. B) The polar zones. C) The equator. D) The temperate zones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The equator. 24. When humans burn fossil fuels, most of the carbon quickly enters the as carbon dioxide. A) Air. B) Sun. C) Atmosphere. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atmosphere. 25. Which of the following processes contribute to the movement of water in the atmosphere? A) Freeze-thaw cycles, sea level, and winds. B) Winds, ocean temperatures, salinity, and currents. C) Rivers, freeze-thaw cycles, and ocean currents. D) Ocean temperatures, winds, and fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Winds, ocean temperatures, salinity, and currents. 26. Which describes the changes in the levels of the atmospheric greenhouse gas, methane, over the last 50 years? A) Strong decrease from historical times. B) About the same as in historical times. C) Slight increase from historical times. D) Strong increase from historical times. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Strong increase from historical times. 27. The layer closest to the Earth, where all our weather occurs is called the A) Troposphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Thermosphere. D) Stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Troposphere. 28. Ice caps and glaciers have experienced a ..... amount of melting recently, compared to past decades A) Normal. B) Higher. C) Lower. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Higher. 29. What is the enhanced greenhouse effect? A) Human activities which make the greenhouse effect stronger. B) A Milankovitch Cycle. C) Global warming. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Human activities which make the greenhouse effect stronger. 30. What can you do to help slow down global warming? A) Decrease your carbon footprint by eating locally produced food. B) Recycle and reuse plastics. 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