Climate Change And Its Socio Economic And Political Dimensions Quiz 4 (25 MCQs)

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1. Climate change is defined as a change in the average temperature over a period of at least

2. Which statements would most likely lead to more greenhouse gas emissions?

3. In the 1800's why did CO$_{2}$ levels increase significantly?

4. Livestock (cattle) contribute significantly to global warming because they emit _____, agreenhouse gas, to the atmosphere.

5. Elevation and the presence of features such as mountains and rivers make up an area's

6. Why are temperature variations usually not as great on Long Island as they are in central New York State?

7. Which icon represents the mechanism that affects Earth's temperatures, and that now is causing the temperatures to increase?

8. Vehicle emission is one source of greenhouse gasses. We could reduce the greenhouse gasess by _____

9. Greenhouse gases are important to our planet's survival because _____

10. What effects does global warming have on the hydrologic (water) cycle?

11. As the Earth's temperature raises,

12. Which of the following is NOT a natural cause of climate change?

13. What has the highest albedo?

14. The ozone layer protects living organisms on Earth by

15. What Milankovitch Cycle states that the Earth wobbles on its Axis every 22, 000 years?

16. Between 2005 and 2100, by how much are the temperatures expected to rise?

17. An important property of air circulation is

18. A natural process in which certain gases on the atmosphere keep heat near the Earth and prevent it from radiating into space.

19. Some of the Earth's most fragile ecosystems that could be greatly impacted by climate change live in the

20. Reshaping new land, debris avalanches, destroyed forests, and death to many animals are all effects of what natural hazard?

21. What time of year do these two events occur?

22. What area did the Australian wildfires burn in early 2019?

23. Climates are classified according to two major factors: _____ and _____

24. Ozone protects living organisms by

25. The closer you live to the ocean, the more likely your climate will be a _____