Deck 6: Water

Question 1

Eruption of volcanoes can cause global cooling.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Melting mountain glaciers will result in a temporary increase in the amount of water available to people living downstream.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Climate is changing more rapidly in the Arctic than in other regions of the globe.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

As the average global temperature warms, the thickness of ice on Antarctica may increase.

Question 5

The global conveyor belt refers to the thermohaline circulation.

Question 6

The recognized standard for measuring and reporting climate impact is known as the Greenhouse Gas Protocol.

Question 7

Before conducting a greenhouse gas inventory, an organization must determine whether they will use Scope 1, Scope 2, or Scope 3 boundaries.

Question 8

Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) is an example of geoengineering.

Question 9

Offsets are payments to projects which reduce emissions.

Question 10

Direct measurements of Earth's surface temperature go back to

A) 400,000 BP
B) 1950
C) 1850
D) 1800

Question 11

Past surface temperature can be determined from Vostok ice cores by

A) pollen counts
B) tree rings
C) oxygen isotope ratios
D) gas temperatures

Question 12

According to Milankovitch, changes in Earth's climate are caused by

A) the tilt of Earth's axis
B) the precession of the equinoxes
C) the shape of Earth's orbit around the Sun
D) all of the above

Question 13

Carbon dioxide concentrations before the Industrial Revolution were approximately

A) 280 ppm
B) 350 ppm
C) 400 ppm
D) 600 ppm

Question 14

The melting of floating sea ice

A) increases surface albedo
B) decreases surface albedo

Question 15

The connection between melting Arctic sea ice and global warming is an example of

A) a positive feedback loop
B) a negative feedback loop

Question 16

The melting of permafrost is a source of

A) methane
B) carbon dioxide
C) oxygen
D) hydrogen isotopes

Question 17

Sea level rise associated with global warming is caused primarily by

A) expanding sea water
B) melting glaciers
C) melting ice caps
D) expansion of rock layers

Question 18

Climate neutrality is

A) an international treaty
B) the balance of carbon dioxide and oxygen
C) stable temperature
D) a goal of climate action plans

Question 19

A greenhouse gas inventory is

A) an internal funding source
B) the measurement step of a climate action plan
C) total global output, measured annually
D) sequestered carbon dioxide

Question 20

Emissions trading is

A) a payment made to emissions-reduction projects
B) the trading of permits to pollute
C) the purchase of pollutant caps
D) the purchase of exhaust scrubbers