Academic Pentathlon Social Science Section I 2024 -25

Question 1

Did humans have control over their changing climate in the past?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

Which gas is a greenhouse gas?

Accepted Answer

Carbon Dioxide

Question 3

What is the term for the relationship between climate history and human history?

Accepted Answer

History of climate and society

Question 4

What term describes human impact on climate?

Accepted Answer

Anthropocene

Question 5

What era ended 11,700 years ago?

Accepted Answer

Pleistocene

Question 6

What are forcings in relation to climate change?

Accepted Answer

Events that cause climate change

Question 7

Which term describes human impact on climate?

Accepted Answer

Anthropocene

Question 8

What term describes documents produced by humans that contain information about the climate?

Accepted Answer

Archives of society

Question 9

What is the term for the study of climate using natural sources?

Accepted Answer

Paleoclimatology

Question 10

What does the term 'forcings' refer to?

Accepted Answer

Climate drivers

Question 11

True or false: Greenhouse gases trap heat

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

What is the term for the relationship between climate history and human history?

Accepted Answer

History of climate and society

Question 13

What is the term for events that can cause climate change?

Accepted Answer

Forcings

Question 14

What is the term for the relationship between climate history and human history?

Accepted Answer

History of climate and society

Question 15

True or false: The Holocene began 11,700 years ago

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

What is the term for the study of climate using natural sources?

Accepted Answer

Paleoclimatology

Question 17

What is a positive feedback?

Accepted Answer

Amplifies change

Question 18

How many influential forcings cause climate change?

Accepted Answer

Multiple

Question 19

What are the four subsystems of the Earth?

Accepted Answer

Earth, water, air, living organisms

Question 20

What are three revealing sources of climate history?

Accepted Answer

Ice, trees, soil

Question 21

What is the term for events that can cause climate change?

Accepted Answer

Forcings

Question 22

True or false: The hydrosphere includes ice.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

True or false: The geosphere includes water

Accepted Answer

False

Question 24

Which subsystem includes living organisms?

Accepted Answer

Biosphere

Question 25

True or false: The term Anthropocene is official

Accepted Answer

False

Question 26

True or false: Volcanoes cool the Earth

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

Did humans have control over their changing climate in the past?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 28

What is the term for the relationship between climate history and human history?

Accepted Answer

History of climate and society

Question 29

What does ESS stand for?

Accepted Answer

Earth System Science

Question 30

True or false: The atmosphere has five layers

Accepted Answer

True

Question 31

True or false: The Anthropocene started in 1950

Accepted Answer

True

Question 32

What is the term for the relationship between climate history and human history?

Accepted Answer

History of climate and society

Question 33

What do ice cores reveal about climate history?

Accepted Answer

Atmospheric conditions dating back hundreds of thousands of years

Question 34

True or false: The hydrosphere includes ice

Accepted Answer

True

Question 35

What is the term for the relationship between climate history and human history?

Accepted Answer

History of climate and society

Question 36

What is the term for the relationship between climate history and human history?

Accepted Answer

History of climate and society

Question 37

What are the four subsystems of the Earth?

Accepted Answer

Earth, water, air, living organisms

Question 38

What do ice cores reveal about climate history?

Accepted Answer

Atmospheric conditions

Question 39

What is the term for analyzing tree rings to determine past weather conditions?

Accepted Answer

Dendrochronology

Question 40

Which field studies Earth's subsystems?

Accepted Answer

Earth System Science

Question 41

What is the term for the gases that trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

Greenhouse gases

Question 42

True or false: Ice cores reveal past climates

Accepted Answer

True

Question 43

Humans have significantly grown in number and capability since the last ice age.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 44

Did humans have control over their changing climate in the past?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 45

What is the main cause of current global warming?

Accepted Answer

Human activities

Question 46

What is the term for the relationship between climate history and human history?

Accepted Answer

History of climate and society

Question 47

Which field studies past climates?

Accepted Answer

Paleoclimatology

Question 48

What is the term for events that can cause climate change?

Accepted Answer

Forcings

Academic Pentathlon Social Science Section I 2024 -25

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Academic Pentathlon Social Science Section I 2024 -25

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