Deck 18: Global Issue 6: Global Climate Change

Question 1

Increases of greenhouse gases cause the earth's temperature to rise. Greenhouse gases include

A) Nitrogen and carbon dioxide.
B) Methane and nitrogen.
C) Nitrogen and oxygen.
D) Methane and carbon dioxide.

Answer 1

Methane and carbon dioxide.

Question 2

Carbon dioxide is produced by all of the following except

A) burning of fossil fuels.
B) cattle effluent.
C) manufacture of cement.
D) burning of wood.

Answer 2

cattle effluent.

Question 3

Major producers of carbon dioxide include

A) China, US, India, Russia.
B) China, US, Bangladesh, Tuvalu.
C) India, Russia, China, Mexico.
D) Congo, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Haiti.

Answer 3

China, US, India, Russia.

Question 4

Two rational policy responses to climate change are

A) mitigation and ignorance.
B) mitigation and carbonization.
C) mitigation and adaptation.
D) adaptation and carbonization.

Question 5

International political negotiations include

A) the Rio Convention, the Kyoto Protocol, and the London Agreement
B) the Rio Convention, the Paris Protocol, and the London Agreement
C) the Rio Convention, the Bangladesh Protocol, and the Tuvalu Agreement
D) the Rio Convention, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement

Question 6

According to your book, how many countries are covered by the initial agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions under the Paris Agreement in 2015?

A) all 195 countries
B) all countries, except for the United States, China and India
C) nearly 100 countries total
D) over 30 industrialized countries

Question 7

Climate change impacts include

A) polar ice cap melting
B) coastal sea level rise
C) more extreme weather events
D) All of these.