Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Section 3 - Climate Change
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Which of the following will require most developed countries to decrease
emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases?
a. | Montreal Protocol | b. | Kyoto Protocol | c. | Emissions Reduction
Act | d. | Reforestation Project |
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Some of the warming that has been observed over the 20th century can be
attributed to
a. | human activity. | b. | plant growth. | c. | glacial
melting. | d. | droughts. |
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The attempt to slow climate change is made difficult by
a. | economic factors. | b. | political factors. | c. | social
factors. | d. | All of the above |
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Which of the following is not a major greenhouse gas?
a. | water vapor | b. | carbon dioxide | c. | sulfur | d. | methane |
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In an area away from forests and cities, geochemist Charles David Keeling
measured the amount of
a. | ozone in the air. | b. | oxygen in the air. | c. | nitrous oxide in the
air. | d. | carbon dioxide in the air. |
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Matching
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Section 3 - Climate Change
In the space provided, write the letter
of the description that best matches the term or phrase.
a. | carbon dioxide | d. | computer
model | b. | zooplankton | e. | global warming | c. | Mauna Loa,
Hawaii |
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site where continuous CO2 records have been maintained since
1958
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an increase in Earth’s average temperature, resulting from increased
greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
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a greenhouse gas released from burning fossil fuels
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a complex set of equations that account for many factors and require a great
number of computations to solve
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tiny, shrimp-like animals that many other marine animals depend on for
food
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