BaCCC/Module 1/Assessment
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Module 1: Climate Science
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.
- True
- The hydrosphere consists of all solid water in the form of snow and ice.
- True
- Incorrect.
- False
- Correct.
- True
- 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.
- True
- The atmosphere is where weather and climate occur.
- True
- Correct.
- False
- Incorrect.
- True
- The Earth’s average temperature has decreased over the past century.
- True
- Incorrect.
- False
- Correct.
- True
- Palaeoclimatology is the study of what the Earth’s future climate will be like.
- True
- Incorrect.
- False
- Correct.
- True
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.
- methane
- Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?
- oxygen
- Correct.
- carbon dioxide
- Incorrect.
- water vapour
- Incorrect.
- methane
- Incorrect.
- oxygen
- What is the most potent greenhouse gas?
- ozone
- Incorrect.
- methane
- Incorrect.
- fluorinated gases
- Correct.
- carbon dioxide
- Incorrect.
- ozone
- 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.
- deforestation
- 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.
- just ocean heating
- 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.
- the close connection between climate change and global warming
- 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.
- by burning fossil fuels
- 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.
- The Earth’s surface absorbs all of the incoming solar energy.
- How are extreme weather events changing?
- increasing in intensity
- Incorrect.
- Increasing in frequency
- Incorrect.
- increasing in duration
- Incorrect.
- possibly all of these
- Correct.
- increasing in intensity