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The biggest factor involved in climate change is
methane gas
water vapor
carbon dioxide
ocean cooling
What tool use NASA scientists to collect data on a global scale?
Telescopes
Infared
Satellites
Radios
What does the picture represent?
Atmosphere emissions
Ozone
Greenhouse effect
Solar Flares
Which of the following causes sea level rise?
both melting of glaciers and expansion of water
Water is more reflectivethan ice
melting of glaciers
Expansion of water as it warms
One of the following is not a probable result of global climate change
more extreme weatherpatterns
extinction of someorganisms.
more volcanic eruptions
increases in sea level.
What do climate models predict for weather in the future?
More and stronger storms
Cloudy and rainy most of the time
Little change from now
More clear and sunny days
Carbon Dioxide levels in the air are the highest they’ve been in
650,000 years
700,000 years
65,000 years
1 million years
Nine of the 10 warmest years on record have occurred since
2005
1950
2000
1900
How much has the global average sea level risen the past 100 years (half of it since 1993)?
1 cm
50 cm
2 m
20 cm
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is released through HUMAN activities in all the following ways EXCEPT:
volcanic eruptions
burning of coal
burning of oil
deforestation
September Arctic sea ice is now declining at what rate per decade?
3.3%
10.3%
0.03%
13.3%
Greenland’s ice loss has ____________ between 1996 and 2005.
tripled
doubled
stayed the same
halved
What does CO2 do to heat the atmosphere?
Trap the heat
Release the heat
Nothing in particular
Expand the heat
Which is NOT a greenhouse gas
Methane
Water Vapor
Helium
Chlorofluorocarbons
Which is NOT a type of fossil fuel
natural gas
oil
coal
soil
Which of the following is NOT an impact of adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?
ocean acidification
more coal available
sea level rise
rising atmospheric temperatures
