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STS-CHAPTER 12- CLIMATE CHANGE
Contributed by: Arreglo
  • 1. Climate refers to
A) Sudden changes in the atmosphere
B) The daily changes in temperature
C) Short-term storms and rainfall
D)    Long-term weather patterns of an area
  • 2. The word “climate” comes from the Greek word klinein, which means…
A) To heat
B) To move
C) To turn
D) To slope
  • 3. Aphelion is the point in Earth’s orbit…
A) Closest to the sun
B) When Earth stops rotating
C) When day and night are equal
D) Farthest from the sun
  • 4. Precession refers to…
A) b. The wobble or change in the Earth’s axis
B) The tilt of the Earth
C) The shortest day of the year
D) The longest day of the year
  • 5. Equinox happens when…
A) The sun is directly above the equator
B) The sun is farthest from Earth
C) The sun is above the Tropic of Cancer
D) The sun is above the Tropic of Capricorn
  • 6. Earth’s axial tilt refers to…
A) The speed of Earth’s rotation
B) The shape of the orbit
C) The angle of Earth’s axis relative to its orbit
D) The distance between Earth and the moon
  • 7. Perihelion is when Earth is…
A) Farthest from the sun
B) c. Tilted most toward the sun
C) Experiencing the longest night
D) Closest to the sun
  • 8. 8. The summer solstice occurs when…
A) a. Day and night are equal
B) b. The sun is over the equator
C) d. Earth is farthest from the sun
D) c. Longest daylight of the year
  • 9. 9. Ancient Greeks noticed klima differed because…
A) d. Ships sailed faster
B) c. Stars moved closer to Earth
C) a. Earth changed size
D) b. The sun stood at different angles
  • 10. 10. The Earth’s orbit around the Sun is shaped as a…
A) d. Spiral
B) c. Ellipse
C) a. Circle
D) b. Triangle
  • 11. 11. Milankovitch cycles operate over…
A) b. Months
B) d. Tens of thousands of years
C) c. Hundreds of years
D) a. Days
  • 12. 12. Which Milankovitch cycle refers to the shape of Earth’s orbit?
A) d. Revolution
B) c. Eccentricity
C) b. Obliquity
D) a. Precession
  • 13. 13. Greenhouse gases trap…
A) d. Earth’s rotation
B) c. Heat from the sun
C) a. Sound waves
D) b. Ocean currents
  • 14. 14. The most abundant natural greenhouse gas is…
A) b. Nitrogen
B) c. Water vapor
C) d. Methane
D) a. CO₂
  • 15. 15. CO₂ levels began rising sharply after…
A) a. The Ice Age
B) b. Industrialization
C) c. The Big Bang
D) d. Volcanic eruption
  • 16. 16. The Keeling Curve measures…
A) c. CO₂ levels over time
B) d. Distance to the sun
C) a. Temperature of the oceans
D) b. Earthquakes
  • 17. 17. Global warming today is mainly caused by…
A) b. Human activities
B) d. Rotation speed
C) c. Solar storms
D) a. Earth’s tilt
  • 18. 18. Industrialization increases greenhouse gases because of…
A) d. Less sunlight
B) a. More rainfall
C) c. More trees
D) b. Burning fossil fuels
  • 19. 19. The greenhouse effect is important because it…
A) b. Makes Earth habitable
B) c. Stops sunlight from entering
C) a. Makes Earth colder
D) d. Stops Earth’s rotation
  • 20. 20. Which scientist first warned about greenhouse gases?
A) a. Keeling
B) b. Tyndall
C) c. Poincaré
D) d. Newton
  • 21. 21. Chaos theory helps scientists understand…
A) a. Simple machines
B) b. Predictable patterns only
C) c. Complex and unpredictable systems
D) d. Earthquakes
  • 22. 22. Precession makes Earth behave like a…
A) d. Boat
B) b. Car wheel
C) c. Spinning top (trumpo)
D) a. Flying bird
  • 23. 23. When CO₂ increases, global temperature…
A) b. Drops
B) c. Rises
C) a. Stays the same
D) d. Disappears
  • 24. 24. Greenhouse gases DO NOT include…
A) b. Carbon dioxide
B) d. Oxygen
C) a. Methane
D) c. Water vapor
  • 25. 25. Solstice occurs when the sun is directly above…
A) d. Arctic Circle
B) c. Tropics
C) b. Prime Meridian
D) a. Equator
  • 26. 26. The point when day and night are almost equal is…
A) a. Solstice
B) b. Equinox
C) d. Perihelion
D) c. Aphelion
  • 27. 27. Natural climate changes (like Ice Ages) are caused mostly by…
A) a. Milankovitch cycles
B) c. Pollution
C) d. Tides
D) b. Human activity
  • 28. 28. Global warming becomes dangerous when Earth reaches a…
A) c. Rotation point
B) d. Cooling phase
C) a. Comfort zone
D) b. Tipping point
  • 29. 29. The main reason today’s warming is unusual is because it is…
A) a. Extremely slow
B) d. Caused by rainfall
C) c. Very rapid
D) b. Natural only
  • 30. 30. To reduce climate change, societies must…
A) b. Ignore science
B) c. Use renewable energy
C) a. Burn more coal
D) d. Cut down forests
  • 31. 31. Weather and climate mean the same thing.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
  • 32. 32. The Earth moves around the sun in an elliptical orbit.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
  • 33. 33. Solstice happens twice a year.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
  • 34. 34. The precession of the equinoxes occurs over thousands of years.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
  • 35. 35. The amount of sunlight Earth receives never changes.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
  • 36. 36. Climate change is related to Earth’s orbit and tilt.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
  • 37. 37. Precession makes Earth wobble like a spinning top.
A) FALSE
B) TRUE
  • 38. 38. Climate refers to short-term atmospheric changes.
A) FALSE
B) TRUE
  • 39. 39. Milankovitch cycles happen quickly within a decade.
A) FALSE
B) TRUE
  • 40. 40. Greenhouse gases keep Earth warm enough for life.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
  • 41. 41. CO₂ levels were stable before industrialization.
A) FALSE
B) TRUE
  • 42. 42. Water vapor is a greenhouse gas.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
  • 43. 43. Global warming and the greenhouse effect are exactly the same thing.
A) FALSE
B) TRUE
  • 44. 44. Human activities increase carbon dioxide levels.
A) FALSE
B) TRUE
  • 45. 45. The Keeling Curve proves that CO₂ levels are rising.
A) FALSE
B) TRUE
  • 46. 46. Fossil fuels release greenhouse gases when burned.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
  • 47. 47. The Earth’s tilt never changes.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
  • 48. 48. Natural and human factors both influence climate.
A) FALSE
B) TRUE
  • 49. 49. The Ice Age was influenced by Milankovitch cycles.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
  • 50. 50. Climate change has no impact on society or the environment.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
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