Question 1

Which of the following is one of the largest human-caused emitters of sulfur dioxide?

Accepted Answer

A)  passenger and freight trains 
B)  cars, trucks and busses 
C)  coal-fired power plants 
D)  air transportation 
E)  container ships 
A)  passenger and freight trains 
B)  cars, trucks and busses 
C)  coal-fired power plants 
D)  air transportation 
E)  container ships

Question 2

Which of the following plants or animals have benefitted from global warming?

Accepted Answer

A)  American pika 
B)  polar bears 
C)  black spruce 
D)  Pacific salmon. 
E)  sea turtles 
A)  American pika 
B)  polar bears 
C)  black spruce 
D)  Pacific salmon. 
E)  sea turtles

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT an example of a positive feedback effect from global warming?

Accepted Answer

A)  Increased atmospheric carbon dioxide leads to a rise in ocean temperature; this leads to lower dissolution of carbon dioxide in seawater, which leads to increased atmospheric carbon dioxide. 
B)  Increased warming of the atmosphere leads to an increase in evaporation; this leads to an increase in water vapor, which leads to a rise in atmospheric temperatures. 
C)  Increased warming of the atmosphere leads to an increase in the melting of Earth's permafrost; this leads to increased atmospheric methane, which leads to increased warming of the atmosphere. 
D)  Increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere leads to a higher acidity of the oceans; this leads to increased fatalities of microscopic photosynthetic creatures that make their skeletons from calcium carbonate, which leads to increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. 
E)  Increased warming of the atmosphere leads to an increase in the melting of the Arctic Ocean ice; this leads to an increased volume of ocean water, which leads to increased melting of the Arctic Ocean ice. 
A)  Increased atmospheric carbon dioxide leads to a rise in ocean temperature; this leads to lower dissolution of carbon dioxide in seawater, which leads to increased atmospheric carbon dioxide. 
B)  Increased warming of the atmosphere leads to an increase in evaporation; this leads to an increase in water vapor, which leads to a rise in atmospheric temperatures. 
C)  Increased warming of the atmosphere leads to an increase in the melting of Earth's permafrost; this leads to increased atmospheric methane, which leads to increased warming of the atmosphere. 
D)  Increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere leads to a higher acidity of the oceans; this leads to increased fatalities of microscopic photosynthetic creatures that make their skeletons from calcium carbonate, which leads to increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. 
E)  Increased warming of the atmosphere leads to an increase in the melting of the Arctic Ocean ice; this leads to an increased volume of ocean water, which leads to increased melting of the Arctic Ocean ice.

Question 4

What is radiative forcing?

Accepted Answer

It is the difference in the Sun's radian

Question 5

Why is it warmer in the northern hemisphere in July than it is in December?

Accepted Answer

A)  Earth is closer to the sun in the summer than it is in the winter. 
B)  The sun's rays shine more directly on the northern hemisphere in the summer than in the winter. 
C)  There are more greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, in the atmosphere in the summer than in the winter. 
D)  The sun's energy output is greater in the summer than it is in the winter. 
E)  The size and shape of Earth's elliptical orbit changes from nearly circular in the summer to highly elliptical in the winter. 
A)  Earth is closer to the sun in the summer than it is in the winter. 
B)  The sun's rays shine more directly on the northern hemisphere in the summer than in the winter. 
C)  There are more greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, in the atmosphere in the summer than in the winter. 
D)  The sun's energy output is greater in the summer than it is in the winter. 
E)  The size and shape of Earth's elliptical orbit changes from nearly circular in the summer to highly elliptical in the winter.

Question 6

Which change is NOT expected as a result of global warming?

Accepted Answer

A)  increase in average atmospheric temperatures 
B)  increase in temperature of the North Atlantic Ocean off western Europe 
C)  sea level rise 
D)  increase in insect-borne diseases 
E)  more weather extremes 
A)  increase in average atmospheric temperatures 
B)  increase in temperature of the North Atlantic Ocean off western Europe 
C)  sea level rise 
D)  increase in insect-borne diseases 
E)  more weather extremes

Question 7

What is the approximate percentage of carbon dioxide in the air (in either parts per million of air or percentage of the air)?

Accepted Answer

Approximately 388 pa

Question 8

How do greenhouse gases warm Earth's atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

They permit radiant energy fro

Question 9

Based on the most likely scenario of future fossil fuel consumption,which part of North America is expected to experience the greatest wintertime rise in temperature by 2080?

Accepted Answer

A)  Arctic 
B)  Great Lakes region 
C)  eastern Canada 
D)  southwestern United States 
E)  central United States 
A)  Arctic 
B)  Great Lakes region 
C)  eastern Canada 
D)  southwestern United States 
E)  central United States

Question 10

What do the vast majority of climatologists who have carefully examined the data agree on regarding human-induced global warming?

Accepted Answer

A)  Human-induced global warming has begun and is increasing. 
B)  Human-induced global warming has begun, but it is decreasing. 
C)  Human-induced global warming has not yet begun, but should start by 2050. 
D)  Global warming has begun, but it is not human-induced. 
E)  Global warming has not begun. 
A)  Human-induced global warming has begun and is increasing. 
B)  Human-induced global warming has begun, but it is decreasing. 
C)  Human-induced global warming has not yet begun, but should start by 2050. 
D)  Global warming has begun, but it is not human-induced. 
E)  Global warming has not begun.

Question 11

Other than an increase in temperature and storms,what would be a significant negative health outcome of global warming?

Accepted Answer

More disease-carryin

Question 12

What is the expected outcome on regional precipitation as a result of global warming?

Accepted Answer

A)  Tropical wet regions will get wetter and mid-latitude dry regions will get drier. 
B)  Both tropical and mid-latitude regions will get drier. 
C)  Tropical wet regions will get drier and mid-latitude dry regions will get wetter. 
D)  Both tropical and mid-latitude regions will get wetter. 
E)  Both tropical and mid-latitude regions should stay the same. 
A)  Tropical wet regions will get wetter and mid-latitude dry regions will get drier. 
B)  Both tropical and mid-latitude regions will get drier. 
C)  Tropical wet regions will get drier and mid-latitude dry regions will get wetter. 
D)  Both tropical and mid-latitude regions will get wetter. 
E)  Both tropical and mid-latitude regions should stay the same.

Question 13

What atmospheric particles cool the atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

Water vapo

Question 14

Greenhouse gases include all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A)  methane. 
B)  argon. 
C)  nitrous oxide. 
D)  carbon dioxide. 
E)  hydrofluorocarbons. 
A)  methane. 
B)  argon. 
C)  nitrous oxide. 
D)  carbon dioxide. 
E)  hydrofluorocarbons.

Question 15

Which of the following is the largest reservoir of carbon?

Accepted Answer

A)  atmosphere 
B)  deep ocean 
C)  shallow ocean 
D)  rock 
E)  soil 
A)  atmosphere 
B)  deep ocean 
C)  shallow ocean 
D)  rock 
E)  soil

Which of the following is one of the largest human-caused emitters of sulfur dioxide?

Which of the following plants or animals have benefitted from global warming?

Which of the following is NOT an example of a positive feedback effect from global warming?

What is radiative forcing?

Why is it warmer in the northern hemisphere in July than it is in December?

Which change is NOT expected as a result of global warming?

What is the approximate percentage of carbon dioxide in the air (in either parts per million of air or percentage of the air)?

How do greenhouse gases warm Earth's atmosphere?

Based on the most likely scenario of future fossil fuel consumption,which part of North America is expected to experience the greatest wintertime rise in temperature by 2080?

What do the vast majority of climatologists who have carefully examined the data agree on regarding human-induced global warming?

Other than an increase in temperature and storms,what would be a significant negative health outcome of global warming?

What is the expected outcome on regional precipitation as a result of global warming?

What atmospheric particles cool the atmosphere?

Greenhouse gases include all of the following except:

Which of the following is the largest reservoir of carbon?

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Exam 11: Climate Change

Which of the following is one of the largest human-caused emitters of sulfur dioxide?

Which of the following plants or animals have benefitted from global warming?

Which of the following is NOT an example of a positive feedback effect from global warming?

What is radiative forcing?

Why is it warmer in the northern hemisphere in July than it is in December?

Which change is NOT expected as a result of global warming?

What is the approximate percentage of carbon dioxide in the air (in either parts per million of air or percentage of the air)?

How do greenhouse gases warm Earth's atmosphere?

Based on the most likely scenario of future fossil fuel consumption,which part of North America is expected to experience the greatest wintertime rise in temperature by 2080?

What do the vast majority of climatologists who have carefully examined the data agree on regarding human-induced global warming?

Other than an increase in temperature and storms,what would be a significant negative health outcome of global warming?

What is the expected outcome on regional precipitation as a result of global warming?

What atmospheric particles cool the atmosphere?

Greenhouse gases include all of the following except:

Which of the following is the largest reservoir of carbon?

Natural Hazards and Disasters

Plate Tectonics and Physical Hazards

Earthquakes and Their Causes

Earthquake Prediction and Mitigation

Tsunami

Volcanoes: Tectonic Environments and Eruptions

Volcanoes: Hazards and Mitigation

Landslides and Other Downslope Movements

Sinkholes, Land Subsidence, and Swelling Soils

Weather, Thunderstorms, And Tornadoes

Streams And Flood Processes

Floods And Human Interactions

Waves,Beaches,And Coastal Erosion

Hurricanes and Nor’easters

Wildfires

Impact of Asteroids and Comets

The Future: Where Do We Go From Here?

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