1. Which of the following is TRUE regarding the greenhouse effect?
a. Greenhouse effect did not exist before humans.
b. Increased levels of human-produced carbon dioxide have enhanced the greenhouse
effect.
c. Volcanoes are the largest source of greenhouse gases
d. Greenhouse effect work by magnifying incoming solar radiation onto Earth’s surfaces.
2. The causes of the vast majority of climate change can be attributed to:
a. crop production c. forest fires
b. volcanoes d. burning of fossil fuels
3. Changes in global climate are predicted to have a negative impact on forests. Forests provide
which of the following ecosystem services?
a. sink of carbon c. oxygen
b. soil stabilization d. all of the above
4. Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?
a. sulfur oxides c. carbon dioxide
b. methane d. nitrous oxides
5. Increase in which gas is primarily responsible for increased global warming?
a. carbon dioxide c. methane
c. water vapor d. nitric acid
6. Which of the following phenomena would indicate the presence of climate change?
a. coral reefs dying c. extreme weather
b. sea-level rise d. all of the above
7. The meteorological conditions in a given place on a given day refers to its:
a. climate c. weather
b. habitat d. ecosystem
8. Which of the following has been a result of global climate change?
a. rise in infectious tropical diseases c. increase in insect pest population
b. increase in coastal flooding d. all of the above
9. Which of the following does not directly contribute to sea level rise?
a. melting of land-based ice c. melting of glaciers
b. melting of sea ice d. thermal expansion of water
10. Which of the following factors contributes to warming?
a. aerosols c. glaciers
b. meadows d. fresh snow
11. A shift of only a few degrees Fahrenheit in the average global temperature will likely result
in more frequent and extreme heat waves. Which of the following best describes this
phenomenon?
a. weather change c. climate change
b. ozone formation d. habitat destruction
12. Global warming is an aspect of:
a. climate c. weather
b. extreme weather d. a particular location’s air temperature
13. Which activity does not contribute to global warming?
a. reforestation c. illegal fishing
b. mining activities d. incineration of garbage
14. Since dimatologists started keeping records in 1850, the warmest decade globally was:
a. 1950 to 1960 c. 1980 to 1990
b.1960 to 1960 d. 2000 to 2010
15. How are warming ocean temperature impacting whales, fish and other marine animals?
a. warmer water makes them sleepy
b. their migratory patterns are changing
c. they aren’t as hungry because it’s so hot
d. summer seems longer so fish are schooling less
16. Which of these countries emits the most carbon dioxide?
a. USA c. Russia
b. China d. UK
17. Which of these is NOT an expected effect of climate change?
a. extreme weather c. flooding cities
b. sea levels rising d. expanding glaciers
18. Global warming is an aspect of
a. weather c. extreme weather
b. climate d. a particular location’s air temperature
19. A variety of factors can warm or cool the planet. Which of the following is a positive force
(warming effect).
a. aerosols c. stratospheric ozone
b. cloud albedo effect d. deforestation
20. If the earth’s climate has sometimes naturally been warmer in the past, then why is global
warming considered to be a bad thing?
a. because human societies are adapted for the climate that we have now
b. Global warming is not a problem in any way
c. Because it is only 1 degree warmer in the past, but global warming will make it 100
degrees warmer
d. Because if the climate gets warm again the dinosaurs will return and rule the Earth.
