The Problem of Climate Change

1 / 10

Which of the following is a greenhouse gas?

Carbon dioxide (CO₂)

Carbon monoxide (CO)

Nitrogen (N₂₎

Oxygen (O₂)

2 / 10

What is the climate of Barcelona?

Equatorial

Sub-tropical

Tropical

Temperate

3 / 10

When do scientists expect the next glacial period to begin?

Never

In 10,000-30,000 years

In 1-3 million years

In 100,000-300,000 years

4 / 10

Which of these methods do scientists use to find out about the climate on Earth hundreds of thousands of years ago?

Study of meteorological data

Study of tree rings

Study of bubbles in Arctic ice

Study of satellite images

5 / 10

What is the name of the science that monitors, studies and forecasts the weather?

Glaciology

Meteorology

Climatology

Hydrology

6 / 10

Climate is:

A feature of the weather specifying the frequency of precipitation

The state of the weather in the course of a week

The weather pattern in a particular territory over a period of many years

What old people remember about weather patterns, weather lore

7 / 10

Which greenhouse gas accounts for 75% of all human emissions?

Nitrous oxide (N₂O)

Sulphur hexafluoride (SF₆)

Methane (CH₄)

Carbon dioxide (CO₂)

8 / 10

What climate does this describe: ‘The average temperature in summer is +30 °С and in winter +20 °С, there is much precipitation, but most of it occurs in the summer’?

Tropical

Sub-equatorial

Equatorial

Sub-tropical

9 / 10

By how much has the temperature on Earth risen since the second half of the 19th century?

By 2°C

By 5°C

By 1.2°C

By 10°C

10 / 10

Which of the following factors has only short-term impact on climate (a few years or decades)?

Change in the tilt of the Earth’s axis

Volcanic eruptions

Continental drift

Human emissions of greenhouse gases

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