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Sustainability: Unit 6. Climate Change
Sustainability: Unit 6. Climate Change
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1
The opening of the northwest passage is an impact of climate change.
False
True
2
Factors external to the climate system, push the climate toward a new long-term state
Climate forcers
Climate externalities
Climate pushers
Climate adjusters
3
The White House put their own spin on the scientific findings, what was this called?
Political Lobbying
The greenhouse effect
The White House effect
White space
4
The causes of climate change can be put into two categories. What are they?
Human caused and scientific
Solar flares and carbon dioxide
Anthropogenic and natural
Natural and scientific
5
When were the effects of the greenhouse effect first published?
1981
2010
1881
1992
6
Adding more greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere is like adding
another blanket to keep you warm at night
more water to a boiling pot
giving up on climate change
another layer of heat onto the planet
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What is the temperature tipping point we must avoid to keep climate change under control?
6 degrees
1.5 degrees
20 degrees
2 degrees
8
If Greenland melts, our oceans will rise by
100 feet
31 feet
27 feet
21 feet
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Cloud seeding is the process of putting silver iodide particles into the cloud to make it rain.
False
True
10
Which of the following is not an impact of climate change?
Shifting climate zones
Rising sea levels and shrinking lakes
Loss of saltwater
Loss of biodiversity