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