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6. What ecological impacts does global warming have on the Arctic?

  • Habitats reduced
  • All listed
  • Sensitive ecosystems lost
  • Diversity of water species increases

7. When melting ice increases the volume of water in oceans causing sea leve rise, what is it called?

  • Eustatic
  • Isostatic

8. Human activity is causing an increase in the Enhanced Greenhouse Effect

  • True
  • False

9. How much is the continent Africa warming by?

  • Nothing
  • 1.5 degrees
  • 0.5 degrees
  • 1 degree

10. what did developing countries within the Kyoto Protocol have to do?

  • Allow developed countries governments to control their energy output
  • Monitor and report their emissions
  • Cut their emissions as well

11. Which tree type is advancing northwards?

  • Taiga
  • Tundra

12. What does the thawing of Permafrost do to the environment?

  • Releases CO2 & methane
  • Kills off vital plant organisms
  • Causes flooding in low land areas

13. What is Short-term climate change NOT an example of?

  • Climate changes that we can only monitor for a short period of time
  • Data collected from the last 100 years
  • The overall pattern of climate over the last century

14. What is Permafrost?

  • Ground frost that is extremely difficult to thaw
  • Ground that is permantently frozen for 2 or more years
  • Frost that clings to metal, like pipes

15. Tipping Point is a slight change in temperature that would cause catastrophic & irreversible changes to the environment

  • True
  • False

16. Which ONE of these is a Mitigaton strategy?

  • Modified agricultural methods
  • Water resource management
  • Flood adaptations
  • Improved risk assessment

17. What is Long-term climate change NOT an example of?

  • Cold glacial periods & warmer interglacial periods
  • Long-term affects to Earth's atmosphere
  • Huge changes over Earth's history
  • Data collected over the last 400,000 years

18. What percentage of Bangladesh's land is low-lying?

  • 30%
  • 80%
  • 75%
  • 50%

19. Which of these is NOT an impact of climate change on Africa?

  • Warmer conditions become perfect for mosquitoes
  • Desertification of fertile land
  • Dryer conditions encourage anticyclones
  • Decrease in agricultural production

20. What is Medium-term climate change?

  • Climate data that can only be half collected
  • Warming of Earth's climate, that's not constant
  • Affects to the Earth that may last several years