1. Select the correct answer from the list.
When it is burned to produce electricity, ____ emits the most carbon dioxide. This fossil fuel accounted for ____ of the electricity generated in the United States and emitted 68 percent of the carbon dioxide produced by generating electricity.
2. Which is the link between fossil fuel use and flowers blooming earlier in the spring season?
A. Fossil fuel emissions contain compounds that are fertilizers.
B. Increased greenhouse gases due to fossil fuel emissions allows more sunlight to reach Earth.
C. A warmer Earth due to fossil fuel emissions has milder winters and earlier springs.
D. Spring seasons are cooler due to increased fossil fuel emissions.
3. Scientists say the planet Venus has a "runaway greenhouse effect." What condition woud you expect on Venus as the result of a runaway greenhouse effect?
A. The planet is extremely watery.
B. The planet is extremely cold.
C. The planet is extremely hot.
D. The planet is extremely windy
4. Which is evidence of climate-forced sea level rise?
A. temperature changes for surface currents
B. decreased temperature of oceans
C. submerging of low islands and coastlines
D. increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
Which choice gives the order of a chain of events that show cause and effect relationships that results from human activity?
A. increased water vapor in the atmosphere; increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere; increase in severe storms; increase flooding
B. increased water vapor in the atmosphere; increase in severe storms; increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere; increase flooding
C. increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere; increased water vapor in the atmosphere; increase in severe storms; increase flooding
D. increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere; increase flooding; increased water vapor in the atmosphere; increase in severe storms
6. What are the qualities of a greenhouse gas? Select the two correct answers.
A. three or more atoms in a molecule
B. produced by human activity
C. absorbs and re-emits infrared radiation
D. transparent to infrared radiation
E. composed of single atoms, not molecules
7. How would Earth be different without the greenhouse effect?
A. There would be more solar energy reaching Earth.
B. There would be more ice on Earth's surface.
C. The atmosphere would contain more methane.
D. The oceans would contain more carbonic acid.
8. Three different scientific institutions provide data about how much the annual global temperature has deviated from the norm in the years 1880 to 2014. The norm is based on the temperatures of a base period, from 1951 to 1980.
Institution A’s data show that the annual global temperature deviated from the norm by 0.75°C in 2010.
Institution B’s data show that the annual global temperature deviated from the norm by 0.72°C in 2010.
Institution C’s data show that the annual global temperature deviated from the norm by 0.77°C in 2010.
Which are accurate statements about this data? Select the two correct answers.
A. The data gathered by each institution is very similar to the data gathered by the other institutions.
B. The data gathered by each institution is very different from the data gathered by the other institutions.
C. The institutions have not yet gathered enough data for scientists to draw a conclusion about whether the annual global temperature is gradually increasing.
D. The institutions gathered enough data for scientists to draw a conclusion about whether the annual global temperature is gradually increasing.
10. Governments want to decrease the negative effects of climate change. Which of these measures would be most effective? Select the two correct answers.
A. Make the price of gasoline and diesel cheaper for consumers.
B. Give tax incentives for energy conservation in homes and businesses.
C. Transition from power plants that burn natural gas to those that do not use fossil fuels.
D. Convert electric power plants from natural gas to coal.
12. Which gas has recently increased in the mesosphere, creating a rise in water vapor which has led to the formation of high-altitude clouds that are visible at night?
A. Ozone
B. Hydrogen
C. Carbon Dioxide
D. Methane
14. Scientists are monitoring the pH of oceans. Which of these are they most likely studying?
A. the rise of sea level
B. the health of coral colonies
C. the population of polar bears
D. the level of carbon dioxide in the air
15. Which are true about changes in carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere since 1860? Select the two correct answers.
A. The increases in carbon dioxide can be explained by the Milankovitch cycle.
B. The rate of change in carbon dioxide is exponential.
C. The changes are triggered by a new interglacial period.
D. The increases in carbon dioxide are caused by human activity.
16. Drag each item to indicate what scientists can learn about by studying it. Each term may be used more than once.
Air temperature
Ocean temperature
Carbon dioxide levels
Kinds of plants
Rainfall
Which directly contribute to sea level rise?
A. carbon dioxide and water vapor
B. reflected energy and melting sea ice
C. reflected energy and carbon dioxide
D. expansion and melting of land ice
How would a weaker jet stream help to cause extreme flooding?
A. It would create thicker clouds.
B. It would cause increased evaporation.
C. It would create high winds that move storm systems.
D. It would allow storm systems to stall in an area.
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1. Select the correct answer from the list.
When it is burned to produce electricity, COAL emits the most carbon dioxide. This fossil fuel accounted for ONE-THIRD of the electricity generated in the United States and emitted 68 percent of the carbon dioxide produced by generating electricity.
2. Which is the link between fossil fuel use and flowers blooming earlier in the spring season?
A. Fossil fuel emissions contain compounds that are fertilizers.
B. Increased greenhouse gases due to fossil fuel emissions allows more sunlight to reach Earth.
C. A warmer Earth due to fossil fuel emissions has milder winters and earlier springs. *****
D. Spring seasons are cooler due to increased fossil fuel emissions.
3. Scientists say the planet Venus has a "runaway greenhouse effect." What condition woud you expect on Venus as the result of a runaway greenhouse effect?
A. The planet is extremely watery.
B. The planet is extremely cold.
C. The planet is extremely hot. *****
D. The planet is extremely windy
4. Which is evidence of climate-forced sea level rise?
A. temperature changes for surface currents
B. decreased temperature of oceans
C. submerging of low islands and coastlines *****
D. increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
Which choice gives the order of a chain of events that show cause and effect relationships that results from human activity?
A. increased water vapor in the atmosphere; increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere; increase in severe storms; increase flooding
B. increased water vapor in the atmosphere; increase in severe storms; increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere; increase flooding
C. increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere; increased water vapor in the atmosphere; increase in severe storms; increase flooding ******
D. increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere; increase flooding; increased water vapor in the atmosphere; increase in severe storms
6. What are the qualities of a greenhouse gas? Select the two correct answers.
A. three or more atoms in a molecule ****
B. produced by human activity
C. absorbs and re-emits infrared radiation ****
D. transparent to infrared radiation
E. composed of single atoms, not molecules
7. How would Earth be different without the greenhouse effect?
A. There would be more solar energy reaching Earth.
B. There would be more ice on Earth's surface. *****
C. The atmosphere would contain more methane.
D. The oceans would contain more carbonic acid.
8. Three different scientific institutions provide data about how much the annual global temperature has deviated from the norm in the years 1880 to 2014. The norm is based on the temperatures of a base period, from 1951 to 1980.
Institution A’s data show that the annual global temperature deviated from the norm by 0.75°C in 2010.
Institution B’s data show that the annual global temperature deviated from the norm by 0.72°C in 2010.
Institution C’s data show that the annual global temperature deviated from the norm by 0.77°C in 2010.
Which are accurate statements about this data? Select the two correct answers.
A. The data gathered by each institution is very similar to the data gathered by the other institutions. ******
B. The data gathered by each institution is very different from the data gathered by the other institutions.
C. The institutions have not yet gathered enough data for scientists to draw a conclusion about whether the annual global temperature is gradually increasing. *****
D. The institutions gathered enough data for scientists to draw a conclusion about whether the annual global temperature is gradually increasing.
10. Governments want to decrease the negative effects of climate change. Which of these measures would be most effective? Select the two correct answers.
A. Make the price of gasoline and diesel cheaper for consumers.
B. Give tax incentives for energy conservation in homes and businesses. **
C. Transition from power plants that burn natural gas to those that do not use fossil fuels. ****
D. Convert electric power plants from natural gas to coal.
12. Which gas has recently increased in the mesosphere, creating a rise in water vapor which has led to the formation of high-altitude clouds that are visible at night?
A. Ozone
B. Hydrogen
C. Carbon Dioxide
D. Methane ******
14. Scientists are monitoring the pH of oceans. Which of these are they most likely studying?
A. the rise of sea level
B. the health of coral colonies *****
C. the population of polar bears
D. the level of carbon dioxide in the air
15. Which are true about changes in carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere since 1860? Select the two correct answers.
A. The increases in carbon dioxide can be explained by the Milankovitch cycle.
B. The rate of change in carbon dioxide is exponential. *****
C. The changes are triggered by a new interglacial period.
D. The increases in carbon dioxide are caused by human activity. *****
16. Drag each item to indicate what scientists can learn about by studying it. Each term may be used more than once.
Air temperature (tree rings and ice)
Ocean temperature (chemical icotopes in foraminifera)
Carbon dioxide levels (ice)
Kinds of plants (fossilized pollon gains)
Rainfall (tree rings)
17. Which directly contribute to sea level rise?
A. carbon dioxide and water vapor
B. reflected energy and melting sea ice
C. reflected energy and carbon dioxide
D. expansion and melting of land ice ****
18. How would a weaker jet stream help to cause extreme flooding?
A. It would create thicker clouds.
B. It would cause increased evaporation.
C. It would create high winds that move storm systems.
D. It would allow storm systems to stall in an area. ****
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