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What are the two types of glaciers?
Ocean Glaciers and Land Glaciers
Alpine Glaciers and Sea Glaciers
Alpine Glaciers and Ice Sheets (continental glaciers)
Continental Glaciers and Ocean Glaciers
2
What is false about jet streams?
Jet streams flow between Polar, Ferrel, and Hadley Cells
Jet streams are driven by the Coriolis force
Jet streams flow from west to east
Jet streams flow from east to west
3
Which of the following has the highest albedo?
Grasslands
Snow
Water
forests
4
How many extinctions have there been in earths history?
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9
5
8
5
What is false about oil refineries in Canada?
Canada is able to refine about 1/2 of what the oil sands produce per day
Canada has 18 oil refineries
Canada sends 60% of crude oil to states and buys back 8.5 million bbl/day
Canada is able to refine all its own oil
6
What is
true
about earths core
Earths core is mainly made up of heavy metals such as iron and nickel
Earths core is mainly made up of heavy metals such as aluminum
Earths core is mainly made up of light metals such as titanium
Earths core is mainly made up of light metals such as iron and nickel
7
Which livestock has the highest GHG emissions?
Pigs
Fish
Cattle
Chickens
8
Which life stage of fish is most vulnerable to ocean acidification?
Adult
Planktonic
fry
Juvenile
9
Methane is responsible for 30% of all global warming
False
True
10
2/3rds of earths fresh water is stored in Greenland and the Antarctic Ice Sheets
True
False
11
What is the atmospheric layer furthest away from earths surface?
Troposphere
Exosphere
Thermosphere
Mesosphere
12
What is false about the thermosphere
The thermosphere contains the ozone layer
The space shuttle orbits in the thermosphere
Temperature increases with altitude in the thermosphere
The thermosphere is mostly made up of oxygen, nitrogen, and helium
13
Which fuel source uses the most land during opperation?
Nuclear
Coal
Hydroelectric
Wind
14
La Nina brings in warmer weather to BC's west coast than El Nino
True
False
15
Polar regions are warming 2x faster than the rest of the planet
False
True
16
What is false about the mesosphere
The temperature in the mesosphere decreases with altitude
The mesosphere protects us from incoming meteorites
The mesosphere holds a lot of water vapour
The mesosphere is less dense than the troposphere
17
What is the atmospheric layer closest to earths surface?
Stratosphere
Troposphere
Mesosphere
Exosphere
18
What layer atmospheric layer protects us from incoming meteorites?
Exosphere
Thermosphere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
19
The troposphere is highest in the polar regions
False
True
20
What is the proper order of the solar radiation spectrum from shorter wavelength to longer wavelength?
Ultraviolet light, infrared, visible light
Infrared, visible light, ultraviolet light
Ultraviolet light, visible light, infrared
Visible light, ultraviolet light, infrared
21
Which of the following is not a direct source of methane?
Oil and Gas combustion
Weathering of rocks
Permafrost
Livestock
22
What is false about the stratosphere
Commercial planes fly in the stratospheric layer
Temperatures increase with altitude
The stratosphere contains the ozone layer
23
What is false about the Gulf Stream?
The Gulf Stream is speeding up
The Gulf Stream is slowing down
The Gulf Stream is crucial for regulating climate in the North Hemisphere
The Guld Stream moves up the Atlantic coast
24
Historically, large changes in climate have been responsible for causing mass extinctions
False
True
25
What biome is permafrost found in?
Tundra
Boreal
Sub-tropics
Tropics
26
Which of the following ocean zones is considered the "light zone"?
Hadal
Mesopelagic
Epipelagic
Bathypelagic
27
To be classified as a mass extinction, 50% of the species on earth must go extinct
True
False
28
Which of the following is true about ocean acidification?
Ocean acidification is caused by an increase in pH
Ocean acidification is caused by absorption of atmospheric CO2 in ocean
Ocean acidification is a byproduct of calcifying organisms
Increase in acidic substances leaking into the ocean
29
42% of solar radiation is visible light
False
True
