Climate Change And Its Socio Economic And Political Dimensions Quiz 21 (30 MCQs)

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1. Currently, about 10% of Earth is covered with ice year-round. If this ice melts, what could happen to Earth's temperature?
2. Why do we study ice cores?
3. A rise in global temperature could cause
4. During photosynthesis, carbon moves from ..... to .....
5. Compared to 1990 levels, the UK's 2008 Climate Change Act originally committed to how big a reduction in GHG emissions?
6. Organisms that do not decompose can be buried and become what?
7. Why would a country support the Kyoto Protocol?
8. Which major biome is home to cacti, mesquite, white thorn, pack rats, small reptiles, and coyotes?
9. How does the air move in a land breeze?
10. Catherine was conducting a simulation for an experiment. She added carbon dioxide to the simulation atmosphere, increasing the rate of IR absorption from terrestrial radiation. What effect is Catherine likely to create in her simulation?
11. During a(n) ..... event, trade winds are much stronger than usual.
12. What do seasons, El Nino, and Ice Ages have in common?
13. Which type of water is the most dense?
14. What is the process plants undergo to convert CO$_{2}$ to O$_{2}$?
15. In which year did accurate measurements of C02 begin?
16. About what percent of the fuel burned by an automobile actually moves the car down the road?
17. A person who studies climate is .....
18. Which of the following is a renewable energy source?
19. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) fourth report, "Most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations." What does anthropogenic mean?
20. The Committee on Climate Change is a .....
21. One region of the world that is very exposed to volcanoes, tsunamis, and earthquakes is .....
22. A change in the average conditions-such as temperature and rainfall-in a region over a long period of time.
23. The majority of Earth's energy comes from .....
24. A ..... is a mass of ice that moves downhill due to its weight.
25. Do we need greenhouse gases on Earth?
26. How does Earth's past climates compare to today's?
27. Where can most carbon be found on Earth?
28. Climates are classified according to two major factors:
29. Group name for trade winds, westerlies, and polar easteries.
30. The largest source of greenhouse gas emissions by anthropogenic sources is ..... followed by .....