Climate Change And Its Socio Economic And Political Dimensions Quiz 12 (25 MCQs)

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1. Climate change causes extreme weather conditions such as _____

2. Name one cold-adapted animal we will lose to climate change

3. Which is the greatest carbon reservoir?

4. Which of the following human activities contribute to global climate change?

5. What is the greatest threats today to biological diversity is _____

6. Which of the following are considered the major greenhouse gases?

7. How was the Kyoto Protocol an improvement over the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change?

8. A prevailing wind is a wind that

9. During the past century, average temperatures on Earth have _____

10. Greenhouse gases can remain here for hundreds, even thousands of years?

11. Which two gases, when released into the atmosphere, are believed to contribute most to global warming?

12. When was the start of the Quaternary period?

13. Melting ice caps will cause the poles to have a _____ albedo.

14. The average temperature of Hanford over 50 years is an example of what?

15. If the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?

16. Seasonal changes in the amount of daylight hours and climate conditions are caused by

17. A negative consequence of a decreased ozone layer (which would allow in more UV Rays)?

18. Process where Earth is heated up by gases absorbed in the troposphere

19. The second layer of the atmosphere up from Earth, where the ozone layer is that protects us from harmful UV rays, is the

20. Both El Nino and La Nina have this in common

21. These gases trap and hold energy of the sun in the atmosphere around the Earth and heat it.

22. Unnatural warming of the earth due to excessive greenhouse gasses

23. Which is a natural source of greenhouse gases that cause climate change?

24. What is the Kyoto Protocol?

25. Energy from a source that is not depleted when used, such as wind or solar power.