Climate Change Quiz

The following ten questions deal with different political and scientific aspects of climate change.

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1. Which of the following is not considered one of the six basic greenhouse gases?

a. Carbon Dioxide
b. Methane
c. Nitrous Oxide
d. Ozone
e. Hydroflurocarbons

2. Current climate change models predict highest average temperatue increases in which geographical areas?

a. Poles
b. Tropics
c. Alpine Mountain Regions
d. Oceans

3. True or False - The ozone hole over Antarctica is contributing to a continental warming trend.

a. True
b. False

4. True of False - El Nino is contributing to warming of the Antarctic continent.

a. True
b. False

5. Which of the following states has not ratified the Kyoto Protocol?

a. Australia
b. Canada
c. France
d. Great Britain
e. United States

6. Where are the largest glaciers in the world located?

a. Antarctica
b. Greenland
c. Pacific Northwest
d. Siberia

7. Changing weather patterns are changing migration routes for which of the following types of wildlife?

a. Birds
b. Insects
c. Amphibians
d. All of the Above

8. The Kyoto Protocol measures a state's greenhouse gas reductions against which baseline year?

a. 1980
b. 1990
c. 2000
d. 2010

9. Climate change is contributing to which of the following ocean conditions?

a. acidification
b. deacidification
c. ironization
d. carbonation

10. A changing climate is altering polar bear habitat in which geographical area?

a. Antarctica
b. Arctic Sea
c. Andes