Climate Change And Its Socio Economic And Political Dimensions Quiz 2 (25 MCQs)

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1. Which is not a factor that affects climate?

2. Sea and land breezes over a large region that change direction with the seasons.

3. Factors that can influence climate change are:

4. If Earth did NOT have an atmosphere, most of the energy from the sun would

5. Scientists believe that increased global temperatures are due to _____

6. What is the abbreviation of Carbon Dioxide?

7. Greenhouse gas that humans produce the most of, mostly from burning fossil fuels.

8. The closer you live from an ocean, the more likely your climate will be a _____

9. Fast track carbon cycling happens within the _____

10. What happens to the seasons when the Axial Tilt increases?

11. How can we reduce our need for fossil fuels?

12. How do CFC's affect the environment?

13. Which of the following can be defined as the average state of the atmosphere ate any given place?

14. What is the consensus of the IPCC?

15. What is the approximate average annual temperature for the tree fossils buried in Layer A?

16. Collecting waste materials and turning them into other materials

17. Why are too many greenhouse gases bad for the environment?

18. For every one molecule of methane produced, this equates to _____ molecules of carbon dioxide.

19. Which greenhouse gas does the author primarily blame for climate change?

20. What is happening the world's glaciers due to global climate change?

21. When did countries join the UNFCCC treaty?

22. What are naturally occurring gases that trap the sun's energy causing the global temperature to increase?

23. Each one of these gases is a greenhouse gas, except which one?

24. The majority of the scientific community _____ with the conclusions that global warming is occurring and that it is largely due to human actions.

25. Which term best matches these criteria? longer wavelengthsfelt as heat