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STS-CHAPTER 12- CLIMATE CHANGE
Contributed by: Arreglo
  • 1. Climate refers to
A) Sudden changes in the atmosphere
B) Short-term storms and rainfall
C)    Long-term weather patterns of an area
D) The daily changes in temperature
  • 2. The word “climate” comes from the Greek word klinein, which means…
A) To heat
B) To slope
C) To move
D) To turn
  • 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) The shortest day of the year
B) b. The wobble or change in the Earth’s axis
C) The tilt of the Earth
D) The longest day of the year
  • 5. Equinox happens when…
A) The sun is above the Tropic of Cancer
B) The sun is farthest from Earth
C) The sun is directly above the equator
D) The sun is above the Tropic of Capricorn
  • 6. Earth’s axial tilt refers to…
A) The distance between Earth and the moon
B) The shape of the orbit
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) Farthest from the sun
B) Experiencing the longest night
C) c. Tilted most toward the sun
D) Closest to the sun
  • 8. 8. The summer solstice occurs when…
A) c. Longest daylight of the year
B) b. The sun is over the equator
C) d. Earth is farthest from the sun
D) a. Day and night are equal
  • 9. 9. Ancient Greeks noticed klima differed because…
A) c. Stars moved closer to Earth
B) d. Ships sailed faster
C) b. The sun stood at different angles
D) a. Earth changed size
  • 10. 10. The Earth’s orbit around the Sun is shaped as a…
A) c. Ellipse
B) d. Spiral
C) a. Circle
D) b. Triangle
  • 11. 11. Milankovitch cycles operate over…
A) c. Hundreds of years
B) a. Days
C) d. Tens of thousands of years
D) b. Months
  • 12. 12. Which Milankovitch cycle refers to the shape of Earth’s orbit?
A) b. Obliquity
B) a. Precession
C) c. Eccentricity
D) d. Revolution
  • 13. 13. Greenhouse gases trap…
A) c. Heat from the sun
B) a. Sound waves
C) b. Ocean currents
D) d. Earth’s rotation
  • 14. 14. The most abundant natural greenhouse gas is…
A) d. Methane
B) c. Water vapor
C) b. Nitrogen
D) a. CO₂
  • 15. 15. CO₂ levels began rising sharply after…
A) d. Volcanic eruption
B) c. The Big Bang
C) a. The Ice Age
D) b. Industrialization
  • 16. 16. The Keeling Curve measures…
A) c. CO₂ levels over time
B) b. Earthquakes
C) d. Distance to the sun
D) a. Temperature of the oceans
  • 17. 17. Global warming today is mainly caused by…
A) d. Rotation speed
B) a. Earth’s tilt
C) b. Human activities
D) c. Solar storms
  • 18. 18. Industrialization increases greenhouse gases because of…
A) b. Burning fossil fuels
B) d. Less sunlight
C) c. More trees
D) a. More rainfall
  • 19. 19. The greenhouse effect is important because it…
A) b. Makes Earth habitable
B) c. Stops sunlight from entering
C) d. Stops Earth’s rotation
D) a. Makes Earth colder
  • 20. 20. Which scientist first warned about greenhouse gases?
A) a. Keeling
B) c. Poincaré
C) b. Tyndall
D) d. Newton
  • 21. 21. Chaos theory helps scientists understand…
A) b. Predictable patterns only
B) c. Complex and unpredictable systems
C) d. Earthquakes
D) a. Simple machines
  • 22. 22. Precession makes Earth behave like a…
A) c. Spinning top (trumpo)
B) b. Car wheel
C) a. Flying bird
D) d. Boat
  • 23. 23. When CO₂ increases, global temperature…
A) d. Disappears
B) a. Stays the same
C) c. Rises
D) b. Drops
  • 24. 24. Greenhouse gases DO NOT include…
A) d. Oxygen
B) b. Carbon dioxide
C) a. Methane
D) c. Water vapor
  • 25. 25. Solstice occurs when the sun is directly above…
A) a. Equator
B) c. Tropics
C) b. Prime Meridian
D) d. Arctic Circle
  • 26. 26. The point when day and night are almost equal is…
A) d. Perihelion
B) c. Aphelion
C) a. Solstice
D) b. Equinox
  • 27. 27. Natural climate changes (like Ice Ages) are caused mostly by…
A) c. Pollution
B) b. Human activity
C) d. Tides
D) a. Milankovitch cycles
  • 28. 28. Global warming becomes dangerous when Earth reaches a…
A) a. Comfort zone
B) d. Cooling phase
C) b. Tipping point
D) c. Rotation point
  • 29. 29. The main reason today’s warming is unusual is because it is…
A) b. Natural only
B) a. Extremely slow
C) c. Very rapid
D) d. Caused by rainfall
  • 30. 30. To reduce climate change, societies must…
A) d. Cut down forests
B) b. Ignore science
C) c. Use renewable energy
D) a. Burn more coal
  • 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) FALSE
B) TRUE
  • 33. 33. Solstice happens twice a year.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
  • 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) TRUE
B) FALSE
  • 36. 36. Climate change is related to Earth’s orbit and tilt.
A) FALSE
B) TRUE
  • 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) TRUE
B) FALSE
  • 46. 46. Fossil fuels release greenhouse gases when burned.
A) FALSE
B) TRUE
  • 47. 47. The Earth’s tilt never changes.
A) FALSE
B) TRUE
  • 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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