This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Climate Change And Its Socio Economic And Political Dimensions – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Climate Change And Its Socio Economic And Political Dimensions Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What can scientists measure to help predict when a volcano might erupt? A) Temperatures of lava flow. B) Lengths of nearby fault lines. C) Small earthquakes and gases in the air near the volcano. D) Increases in sever weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Small earthquakes and gases in the air near the volcano. 2. What is the main cause of Climate Change? A) Natural changes. B) Human Activities. C) Sun's rays. D) Global Warming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Human Activities. 3. This is what we call the decline of the oceans pH. A) Eutrophication. B) Dead zone. C) Hypoxia. D) Ocean Acidification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ocean Acidification. 4. Natural Causes of Warming-2 Truths and a Lie, Pick the lie A) Volcanoes emit 200 million tons of carbon dioxide each year. B) Changes in the brightness of the sun and solar activity could account for climate change. C) Natural land and ocean processes emit 780 gigatons of carbon dioxide per year. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Changes in the brightness of the sun and solar activity could account for climate change. 5. A temporary cold water event in the Pacific Ocean is called: ..... A) Hurricane. B) El Guapo. C) La Nina. D) El Nino. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) La Nina. 6. Which definition below is most accurate for how green is used in the last paragraph? A) The color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum. B) A piece of grassy land typically found in a common area. C) In support of the environment and taking care of the Earth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In support of the environment and taking care of the Earth. 7. Which factor does NOT influence temperature of an area A) Nearness to water. B) Latitude. C) Ocean currents. D) Seasonal winds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Seasonal winds. 8. Greenhouse gases cause Earth's temperature to: A) Increase. B) Decrease. C) Stay the same. D) None of the rest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increase. 9. What effect is global climate change having on human diseases? A) Mosquito-borne diseases are increasing in number. B) Cases of colds and viruses are increasing in number. C) Childhood diseases are increasing in number. D) All of the previous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mosquito-borne diseases are increasing in number. 10. Which of the following does NOT offset carbon emissions? A) Ocean intake of CO$_{2}$. B) Turning off lights when not in use. C) Planting trees. D) Burning forests to make room for cattle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Burning forests to make room for cattle. 11. Examples of fast track carbon cycling are ..... A) Diffusion and dissolving. B) Cellular respiration. C) Photosynthesis. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 12. Over the past 200 years, the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has A) Decreased slightly. B) Increased steadily. C) Stayed about the same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increased steadily. 13. What is the name of Elon Musk's solar factory? A) The Solarfactory. B) The Carbonfactory. C) The Sunfactory. D) The Gigafactory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Gigafactory. 14. Which biome contains large populations of grazing herbivores, few species of birds, and deep, rich soil? A) Taiga. B) Tundra. C) Deciduous forest. D) Grassland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grassland. 15. Pick the item which is a way you can reduce global warming A) Buy a Gasoline car. B) Use less energy. C) Vote for Donald Trump. D) Use less food. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Use less energy. 16. Eccentricity, or the cycle of the Earth's orbit around the sun becoming more oval vs more circular, is a processed described as part of what cycles? A) Zilankovitch Cycles. B) Vilankovitch Cycles. C) Milankovitch Cycles. D) Bilankovitch Cycles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Milankovitch Cycles. 17. Which of the following was NOT an effect of this hurricane: A) Residents used the water for irrigating plants. B) People died. C) Children could not go to school. D) Homes were obliterated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Residents used the water for irrigating plants. 18. After photosynthesis, plants store their energy as ..... A) Pigment. B) Chlorophyll. C) Oxygen. D) Glucose (sugar). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Glucose (sugar). 19. Coral reefs are dying around the world due to the oceans warming up, as well as what? A) The oceans becoming more basic due higher CO$_{2}$ levels. B) The oceans becoming more acidic due higher CO$_{2}$ levels. C) The oceans becoming more acidic due lower CO$_{2}$ levels. D) The oceans becoming more basic due lower CO$_{2}$ levels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The oceans becoming more acidic due higher CO$_{2}$ levels. 20. Wind blowing sand from one location to another is called A) Weathering. B) Erosion. C) Deposition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Erosion. 21. Which of these DOES NOT absorb Carbon dioxide? A) Oceans. B) Plants. C) Mountains. D) Soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mountains. 22. When was the UN set up? A) 1945. B) 1943. C) 1942. D) 1939. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1945. 23. Which provides clues to the climate of the distant past A) Rocks along ocean coastlines. B) Air in caves and deep holes. C) Water samples from the ocean holes. D) Air pockets in ice caps. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Air pockets in ice caps. 24. The main human activity that adds to an individual's carbon footprint. A) Usage of alternative energies (wind, solar, etc). B) Respiration and growth. C) Photosynthesis by plants. D) Usage of fossil fuels for energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Usage of fossil fuels for energy. 25. Carbon is released into the atmosphere through all of the following ways except: A) Cow flatulence. B) Burning fossil fuels. C) Photosynthesis. D) Respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photosynthesis. 26. Carbon dioxide is created by A) Burning fossil fuels. B) Cellular respiration. C) Decomposing organic matter. D) All answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All answers are correct. 27. Increased carbon dioxide may cause global warming by trapping more ..... in the atmosphere. A) Gases. B) Heat. C) Water vapor. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heat. 28. What two things can happen when energy from the Sun interacts with the ground? A) Absorbed & refracted. B) Reflected & refracted. C) Absorbed & transmitted. D) Absorbed & reflected. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Absorbed & reflected. 29. How do animals help REDUCE the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? A) Photosynthesis. B) Cellular respiration. C) Burning fossil fuels. D) Driving automobiles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cellular respiration. 30. This type of gas comes from raising livestock and is created by animal waste? A) Propane. B) Methane. C) Oxygen. D) Lithium. 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