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GCSE Geography (Climate Change) Quiz on Climate Change Quiz, created by Susanna Alsop on 05/11/2017.
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Question 1

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What is the definition of climate?
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  • a long term change in the earths climate
  • the state of the atmosphere at a particular place
  • the average weather conditions at a place over many years

Question 2

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What is the definition of climate change?
Answer
  • a long term change in the earth's climate
  • a short term change in the earth's climate
  • the average weather conditions at a place over many years

Question 3

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The Quaternary Period to the present day is the period of geological time from about 5 million years ago to the present
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 4

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What evidence is there that the earth's temperature is increasing?
Answer
  • Records show a 7oF increase in temperature
  • Glaciers melting
  • Oceans warming
  • Ice sheets growing
  • Sea levels rising
  • Increase in extreme weather events

Question 5

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Why does the use of lots of cars cause an increase in global warming?
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  • They are dangerous
  • They release greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide
  • They use petrol

Question 6

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What are some other human causes of climate change?
Answer
  • Deforestation
  • Storms
  • People
  • Spark Plug
  • Sun's output

Question 7

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Nitrious oxide occurs naturally in lightning in storms and so causes global warming
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Night Thunder Storm Lightning (binary/octet-stream)
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 8

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Carbon dioxide occurs naturally in volcanoes
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 9

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One impact of climate change is sea levels rising - since [blank_start]1860[blank_end], sea levels have risen by [blank_start]0.4m[blank_end] due to ice sheets and glaciers melting. Low lying countries are experiencing severe [blank_start]flooding[blank_end] and rising sea levels increase [blank_start]coastal erosion[blank_end].
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  • 1945
  • 1960
  • 1860
  • 1m
  • 0.4m
  • 0.6m
  • flooding
  • tsunamis
  • earthquakes
  • coastal erosion
  • tsunamis
  • global warming

Question 10

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An impact of climate change is glaciers and ice sheets melting - some predictions say polar bears may disappear from the Arctic by [blank_start]2050[blank_end]. A glacier in [blank_start]Columbia[blank_end] retracted [blank_start]15km[blank_end] in 25 years and in 2009 an ice shelf the size of [blank_start]Jamaica[blank_end] snapped.
Answer
  • 2050
  • 2020
  • 2100
  • Columbia
  • Greenland
  • The Arctic
  • 7.5km
  • 2km
  • 15km
  • Kent
  • Jamaica
  • The Maldives

Question 11

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An impact of climate change is human health - An increase in temperature increases [blank_start]malaria[blank_end], and skin cancer. Diseases may also spread [blank_start]faster[blank_end] and there is increased growth of [blank_start]fungi[blank_end] due to droughts.
Answer
  • malaria
  • cholera
  • faster
  • fungi
  • plants
  • nettles

Question 12

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An impact of climate change is natural disasters - [blank_start]hurricanes[blank_end] are happening [blank_start]twice[blank_end] as often as they used to [blank_start]100[blank_end] years ago due to rising sea temperatures. The annual number of North Atlantic tropical storms has risen from [blank_start]9[blank_end] (1990) to [blank_start]15[blank_end] (1998).
Answer
  • hurricanes
  • tsunamis
  • earthquakes
  • five times
  • three times
  • twice
  • 100
  • 50
  • 200
  • 9
  • 12
  • 5
  • 20
  • 15
  • 17

Question 13

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An impact of climate change is precipitation - higher temperatures mean less snow and more rain. Changes in rainfall patterns could mean that [blank_start]Africa's[blank_end] lakes and rivers could run dry by [blank_start]2100[blank_end]. Countries could also be severely affected by [blank_start]droughts[blank_end].
Answer
  • Africa's
  • Asia's
  • Europe's
  • 2050
  • 2100
  • 2030
  • droughts
  • volcanoes
  • tsunamis

Question 14

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What is the definition of Mitigation?
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  • Action taken to eliminate climate change or natural disasters completely
  • Action taken to change the way we live so it fits with climate change
  • Action taken to reduce or eliminate the long-term risk to human life and property

Question 15

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2 advantages of wind power:
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  • They spin 70-80% of the time
  • They do not need much land space
  • It is the cheapest form of energy

Question 16

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2 disadvantages of wind power:
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  • It is expensive
  • It can be noisy
  • It can cause air pollution
  • Wind turbines can be unattractive

Question 17

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2 advantages of Solar Power:
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  • No pollution
  • It generates power all the time
  • It does not need much land
  • It is cheap

Question 18

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2 disadvantages of Solar Energy:
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  • It is expensive
  • It doesn't work at night
  • It causes noise pollution

Question 19

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2 advantages of Hydroelectric Power:
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  • 70% of the world is covered in water
  • It is cost effective
  • It does not need much land space

Question 20

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2 disadvantages of Hydroelectric Power:
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  • It only works when the water is moving
  • It can damage the habitats of plants and animals
  • There is lots of pollution

Question 21

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What is carbon capture?
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  • Removing waste carbon dioxide and depositing it where it will not enter the atmosphere
  • Removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it underground
  • Capturing carbon from rocks and humans

Question 22

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Young trees can absorb more carbon dioxide more quickly as they are still growing
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 23

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How much government funding was given to plant 4 million trees in England in 2014?
Answer
  • £1 million
  • £4 million
  • £6 million

Question 24

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What are carbon credits?
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  • You pay to be allowed to emit a certain amount of carbon dioxide
  • You gain credits depending on how much carbon dioxide you have emitted
  • You are fined if you emit over a certain amount of carbon dioxide

Question 25

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1 advantage and 1 disadvantage of carbon credits:
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  • The money is used for projects to help the environment
  • Larger companies can use it as an excuse to pollute freely
  • It means that there is no carbon dioxide emitted
  • It is not effective

Question 26

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How much money is America willing to give up of Indonesia's debt if they use the money for conservation?
Answer
  • $30 million
  • $3 million
  • $300 million

Question 27

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How many nations recognised the Copenhagen Deal?
Answer
  • 157
  • 193
  • 175

Question 28

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What was the Copenhagen Deal?
Answer
  • Recognises the need to limit global temperature from rising no more than 2oC
  • International Emissions trading agreement
  • Developed countries would fund conservation programmes in developing countries

Question 29

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The Greenhouse gases are: - Water [blank_start]Vapour[blank_end] - M[blank_start]ethane[blank_end] - O[blank_start]zone[blank_end] - Carbon [blank_start]Dioxide[blank_end] - [blank_start]Sulfur[blank_end] Dioxide
Answer
  • Vapour
  • ethane
  • zone
  • Dioxide
  • Sulfur

Question 30

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What is irrigation efficiency?
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  • Making sure your water use is efficient
  • Effectively irrigating things
  • Making sure your food use is efficent

Question 31

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What are two advantages of biotechnology?
Answer
  • Improves the quality of the crops
  • Helps reduce carbon emissions
  • It is cheap
  • The plants are bigger

Question 32

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Give one advantage and one disadvantage of the Thames Barrier:
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  • If it wasn't there water would be as high as the lampposts in some places
  • It is cheap
  • It was only built to last until 2030
  • It was only built to last until 2020
  • It causes lots of pollution

Question 33

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Give two advantages of the Essex Marshes:
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  • It would take a once in a 1000 years storm to get past them
  • No storm will ever be able to get past them
  • It provides habitat and saltwater marshes for rare birds and animals
  • It is cheap
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