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