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Climate Change And Its Socio Economic And Political Dimensions Quiz 21 (25 MCQs)

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1. The movement of carbon, in its many forms, between the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and geosphere is:
2. How long does it take the Earth to rotate on its axis?
3. When large amounts of carbon dioxide dissolve in the oceans, what is the result?
4. A periodic change in air pressure, wind patterns, ocean temperature, and ocean circulation in the Pacific Ocean.
5. How much is the global temperature expected to rise in the next 80 years?
6. Which receives the most solar radiation?
7. Which of the following processes contribute to the movement of water in the atmosphere?
8. Which describes the changes in the levels of the atmospheric greenhouse gas, methane, over the last 50 years?
9. The layer closest to the Earth, where all our weather occurs is called the
10. Ice caps and glaciers have experienced a _____ amount of melting recently, compared to past decades
11. What is the enhanced greenhouse effect?
12. Historical Temps-2 Truths and a Lie, Pick the lie
13. How did the Kochs spread doubt about climate change?
14. Factory A is allowed to release 100 units of carbon dioxide, but it only needs to release 75 units, so it plans to sell its 25 extra allowances to Factory B. What type of program does this demonstrate?
15. The average conditions (temperature, humidity, and precipitation) of a region over months or years is
16. The earth is slowly heating up due to excess CO2 production by humans. Explain how this global warming occurs in terms of the earth's energy budget.
17. Polar ice is melting faster than it forms. Which of these will be an effect of the melting of polar ice?
18. Ocean acidification causes damage to coral reefs. What effect does this have on fish?
19. Why is it beneficial to be able to predict when and where natural hazards will occur?
20. What are the two processes that result in a natural carbon dioxide-oxygen balance on our planet?
21. For how long has the European Climate Change Programme (ECCP) been operating?
22. Which surface has the greatest albedo?
23. The sun's rays strike Earth most directly at the
24. Albedo can best be described as _____
25. What happens if you remove all of the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere? The temperature:
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