This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Climate Change And Its Socio Economic And Political Dimensions – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Climate Change And Its Socio Economic And Political Dimensions Quiz 7 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The total amount of greenhouse gases released by a person, family, building, organization, or company each year is ..... A) Pollution. B) Carbon footprint. C) CFC. D) Carbon cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon footprint. 2. How is climate change affecting biodiversity? A) Decreasing. B) Increasing. C) It is not affecting it. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decreasing. 3. Because of greenhouse gases, temperatures are doing what? A) Falling. B) Rising. C) Remaining the same. D) Fluctuating. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rising. 4. Why does too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere cause climate change? A) It cools down our planet. B) It blocks out UV rays. C) It traps heat and warms up our planet. D) It lets sunlight escape. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It traps heat and warms up our planet. 5. To learn what climates were like in the past, scientists investigate the following types of indirect evidence that serve as substitutes for direct measurement. A) Proxy indicators. B) Topography. C) Computer models. D) Carbon footprints. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proxy indicators. 6. Which of the following prevents UV rays from reaching Earth? A) The hydrosphere. B) The biosphere. C) The lithosphere. D) The ozone layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The ozone layer. 7. Which of the following is NOT a factor that influences climate? A) Wind Patterns. B) Ocean Currents. C) Flowers. D) Landforms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flowers. 8. Which greenhouse gas is directly related to the burning of fossil fuels? A) Methane CH$_{4}$. B) Water Vapor H$_{2}$O. C) Ozone O$_{3}$. D) Carbon Dioxide CO$_{2}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carbon Dioxide CO$_{2}$. 9. Nonliving elements in an ecosystem are called ..... A) Limiting factor. B) Biotic factor. C) Abiotic factor. D) Carrying capacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abiotic factor. 10. How long is the Earth's precession estimated to last? A) 100, 000 years. B) 23, 000 years. C) 6, 000 years. D) 13, 000 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 23, 000 years. 11. Cylinders of ice obtained by drilling into a glacier. A) Ice cube. B) Iceberg. C) Ice core. D) Glacier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ice core. 12. What two factors are affecting the oceans due to climate change? A) Decrease in temperature and increase in pH. B) Increase in salt levels and decrease in sea levels. C) Increase in temperature and decrease in pH. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increase in temperature and decrease in pH. 13. What is the main reason it is warmer at the equator than the poles? A) The equator gets more days of sunshine. B) The equator has longer days. C) The equator is closer to the sun. D) The equator gets more direct solar radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The equator gets more direct solar radiation. 14. What major historic event is correlated to climate change? A) The American Revolution. B) The founding of fire. C) The Vikings landing in North America. D) The Industrial Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Industrial Revolution. 15. How does carbon dioxide get into the atmosphere? A) By burning fossil fuels. B) From the respiration of plants and animals. C) From organisms that break down dead plants and animals (organic material). D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 16. How does the use of fossil fuels compare to the global temperature compare to each other? A) They both are trending upwards. B) They both are trending downwards. C) Fossil fuel is trending up, but temp is trending down. D) Fossil fuel is trending down, but temp is trending up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They both are trending upwards. 17. What type of weather is associated with a high pressure system? A) Flooding rain. B) Thunderstorms. C) Clear weather. D) Tornadoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clear weather. 18. Gases and pollution leading to a slow increase of the temperature of Earth's atmosphere. A) Fossil Fuels. B) Greenhouse Gases. C) Global Climate Change. D) Global Warming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Global Warming. 19. Because of its high ....., Mount Chimborazo has a cooler climate all year. A) Temparature. B) Winds. C) Clouds. D) Altitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Altitude. 20. What is the direct cause of rising sea levels? A) Melting Sea Ice. B) Melting Land Ice. C) Climate Change. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Melting Land Ice. 21. A tsunami is ..... A) A vibration deep within the Earth or at its surface. B) When magma rises through the Earth's surface. C) A spinning windstorm that forms over the ocean. D) A series of ocean waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A series of ocean waves. 22. Which of these is not a currently predicted effect of global climate change? A) Rising sea levels. B) More severe storms. C) Reduction in Arctic sea ice. D) Increased precipitation everywhere on the globe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increased precipitation everywhere on the globe. 23. What is the height of an area above sea level? A) Topography. B) Latitude. C) Elevation. D) Longitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elevation. 24. Which type of gases are contributing to global warming? A) Chemical gases. B) Radon. C) Greenhouse gases. D) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greenhouse gases. 25. Which difference between land and water contributes MOST directly to global climate change resulting from tectonic movement? A) Mean material densities. B) Magnetic material content. C) Heat absorption and retention properties. D) Rate of radioactivity-related heat release. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heat absorption and retention properties. 26. How much solar radiation is absorbed by the Earth's atmosphere, clouds, land, ice, and water? A) 92%. B) 70%. C) 85%. D) 50%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 70%. 27. Because greenhouse gases are being trapped and not released into space, we are experiencing ..... A) Global warming. B) An ice age. C) Polar ice increasing. D) No change whatsoever. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Global warming. 28. Measurement of the greenhouse gases individuals produce, through burning of fossil fuels. A) Carbon Footprint. B) CO2 Effect. C) CO2 Footprint. D) Fossil Fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon Footprint. 29. Sea Ice-2 Truths and a Lie, Pick the lie A) How far sea ice extends (its range) is more important to climatologists than its volume. B) In 2018, NASA reported that wintertime ice has been growing, slowing down a more long-term decline. C) NASA says that since 1958 the arctic sea ice has lost an average around two-thirds of its thickness. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How far sea ice extends (its range) is more important to climatologists than its volume. 30. Three nutrients that help plants grow are A) Phosphorus, nitrogen, and potassium. B) Nitrogen, oxygen, and potassium. C) Potassium, hydrogen, and neon. D) None of above. 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