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