Exam 2: Changing Global Environment

Write True or False to the statements below.If the statement is false, rewrite the underlined word or phrase to make the statement true. -Countries that ratified the Maastricht Treaty agreed to reduce their emissions of major greenhouse gases below 1990 levels.

If current rates of deforestation continue in Southeast Asia, how many years would it take for the region to become completely stripped of its forests?

What is the major source of methane?

What pair of countries contributes the most greenhouse emissions to the atmosphere?

Write True or False to the statements below.If the statement is false, rewrite the underlined word or phrase to make the statement true. -Global pressure systems cause storms.

Based on map showing global pressure systems, what is the general direction of wind flow in the higher latitudes?

About half of the tropical forests that are lost each year are located in what part of the world?

The U.S. congress opposed the Kyoto Protocol primarily because ________.

Write True or False to the statements below.If the statement is false, rewrite the underlined word or phrase to make the statement true. -Granting of timber concessions, new settlements, the world's appetite for beef, and the globalization of wood products commerce all contribute to deforestation.

Write True or False to the statements below.If the statement is false, rewrite the underlined word or phrase to make the statement true. -Global warming would be a greater immediate problem in the Netherlands than in Denver, Colorado.

Write True or False to the statements below.If the statement is false, rewrite the underlined word or phrase to make the statement true. -A large area of very slow-moving molten rock within Earth is called a convection cell.

Which of the following is NOT a significant greenhouse gas?

Why is cattle ranching not sustainable in areas that were formerly tropical forests?

What substance accounts for more than half of the human-generated greenhouse gases?

Write True or False to the statements below.If the statement is false, rewrite the underlined word or phrase to make the statement true. -Anthropogenic emissions are those caused by animals.

Write True or False to the statements below.If the statement is false, rewrite the underlined word or phrase to make the statement true. -An earthquake is an anthropogenic hazard.

Write True or False to the statements below.If the statement is false, rewrite the underlined word or phrase to make the statement true. -Wind travels from areas of low pressure to areas of high pressure.

What do many experts say about the availability of food for the people of the world?

According to computer model predictions, by how much will the average global temperatures increase if current trends continue?

About what percentage of Earth's people live in areas where water shortages are common?