BaCCC/Module 1/Assessment

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Module 1: Climate Science

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True false question

Indicate whether the following statements are true or false:

  • The source of energy that regulates the Earth’s climate system is the sun.
    • True
      • Correct.
    • False
      • Incorrect.
  • The hydrosphere consists of all solid water in the form of snow and ice.
    • True
      • Incorrect.
    • False
      • Correct.
  • Climate change refers to changes over decades and centuries, while climate variability is natural change in the climate over months or years.
    • True
      • Correct.
    • False
      • Incorrect.
  • The atmosphere is where weather and climate occur.
    • True
      • Correct.
    • False
      • Incorrect.
  • The Earth’s average temperature has decreased over the past century.
    • True
      • Incorrect.
    • False
      • Correct.
  • Palaeoclimatology is the study of what the Earth’s future climate will be like.
    • True
      • Incorrect.
    • False
      • Correct.



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Multiple choice question

Select the correct option

  • Which greenhouse gas is the main driver of the current global climate change, accounting for 82% of all greenhouse gas emissions?
    • methane
      • Incorrect.
    • nitrous oxide
      • Incorrect.
    • fluorinated gases
      • Incorrect.
    • carbon dioxide
      • Correct.
  • Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?
    • oxygen
      • Correct.
    • carbon dioxide
      • Incorrect.
    • water vapour
      • Incorrect.
    • methane
      • Incorrect.
  • What is the most potent greenhouse gas?
    • ozone
      • Incorrect.
    • methane
      • Incorrect.
    • fluorinated gases
      • Correct.
    • carbon dioxide
      • Incorrect.
  • An imbalance in the Earth’s energy budget is caused by ______
    • deforestation
      • Incorrect.
    • the enhanced greenhouse effect
      • Correct.
    • melting glaciers
      • Incorrect.
    • the greenhouse effect
      • Incorrect.
  • How are oceans being impacted by climate change?
    • just ocean heating
      • Incorrect.
    • just ocean acidification
      • Incorrect.
    • just ocean deoxygenation
      • Incorrect.
    • all of the above
      • Correct.
  • What is climate change commitment?
    • the close connection between climate change and global warming
      • Incorrect.
    • the global warming that has not happened yet but will, due to inertia
      • Correct.
    • the number of extreme weather events that are predicted for any particular area
      • Incorrect.
    • the dedication of climate change activists
      • Incorrect.
  • How do humans mainly contribute to global warming?
    • by burning fossil fuels
      • Correct.
    • by eating too much food
      • Incorrect.
    • by riding bicycles and walking
      • Incorrect.
    • by burying their rubbish
      • Incorrect.
  • Which of the following statements accurately describes the balance of the Earth’s energy budget?
    • The Earth’s surface absorbs all of the incoming solar energy.
      • Incorrect.
    • The Earth’s surface reflects all of the incoming solar energy back into space.
      • Incorrect.
    • The atmosphere absorbs a quarter of the incoming solar energy, the Earth’s surface absorbs about half, and the rest is reflected back into space.
      • Correct.
    • The atmosphere reflects the incoming solar energy before it reaches the Earth’s surface.
      • Incorrect.
  • How are extreme weather events changing?
    • increasing in intensity
      • Incorrect.
    • Increasing in frequency
      • Incorrect.
    • increasing in duration
      • Incorrect.
    • possibly all of these
      • Correct.