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STS-CHAPTER 12- CLIMATE CHANGE - Quiz
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  • 1. Climate refers to
A) The daily changes in temperature
B) Sudden changes in the atmosphere
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 slope
B) To turn
C) To move
D) To heat
  • 3. Aphelion is the point in Earth’s orbit…
A) When day and night are equal
B) Closest to the sun
C) Farthest from the sun
D) When Earth stops rotating
  • 4. Precession refers to…
A) The shortest day of the year
B) b. The wobble or change in the Earth’s axis
C) The longest day of the year
D) The tilt of the Earth
  • 5. Equinox happens when…
A) The sun is above the Tropic of Capricorn
B) The sun is directly above the equator
C) The sun is above the Tropic of Cancer
D) The sun is farthest from Earth
  • 6. Earth’s axial tilt refers to…
A) The shape of the orbit
B) The distance between Earth and the moon
C) The speed of Earth’s rotation
D) The angle of Earth’s axis relative to its orbit
  • 7. Perihelion is when Earth is…
A) Closest to the sun
B) Farthest from the sun
C) Experiencing the longest night
D) c. Tilted most toward the sun
  • 8. 8. The summer solstice occurs when…
A) d. Earth is farthest from the sun
B) b. The sun is over the equator
C) c. Longest daylight of the year
D) a. Day and night are equal
  • 9. 9. Ancient Greeks noticed klima differed because…
A) c. Stars moved closer to Earth
B) a. Earth changed size
C) b. The sun stood at different angles
D) d. Ships sailed faster
  • 10. 10. The Earth’s orbit around the Sun is shaped as a…
A) b. Triangle
B) a. Circle
C) d. Spiral
D) c. Ellipse
  • 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) d. Revolution
C) a. Precession
D) c. Eccentricity
  • 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) a. The Ice Age
B) c. The Big Bang
C) d. Volcanic eruption
D) b. Industrialization
  • 16. 16. The Keeling Curve measures…
A) a. Temperature of the oceans
B) c. CO₂ levels over time
C) d. Distance to the sun
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) b. Burning fossil fuels
C) a. More rainfall
D) c. More trees
  • 19. 19. The greenhouse effect is important because it…
A) c. Stops sunlight from entering
B) d. Stops Earth’s rotation
C) a. Makes Earth colder
D) b. Makes Earth habitable
  • 20. 20. Which scientist first warned about greenhouse gases?
A) b. Tyndall
B) d. Newton
C) c. Poincaré
D) a. Keeling
  • 21. 21. Chaos theory helps scientists understand…
A) d. Earthquakes
B) c. Complex and unpredictable systems
C) a. Simple machines
D) b. Predictable patterns only
  • 22. 22. Precession makes Earth behave like a…
A) b. Car wheel
B) d. Boat
C) a. Flying bird
D) c. Spinning top (trumpo)
  • 23. 23. When CO₂ increases, global temperature…
A) a. Stays the same
B) b. Drops
C) d. Disappears
D) c. Rises
  • 24. 24. Greenhouse gases DO NOT include…
A) a. Methane
B) c. Water vapor
C) d. Oxygen
D) b. Carbon dioxide
  • 25. 25. Solstice occurs when the sun is directly above…
A) b. Prime Meridian
B) c. Tropics
C) a. Equator
D) d. Arctic Circle
  • 26. 26. The point when day and night are almost equal is…
A) d. Perihelion
B) b. Equinox
C) c. Aphelion
D) a. Solstice
  • 27. 27. Natural climate changes (like Ice Ages) are caused mostly by…
A) a. Milankovitch cycles
B) b. Human activity
C) d. Tides
D) c. Pollution
  • 28. 28. Global warming becomes dangerous when Earth reaches a…
A) d. Cooling phase
B) b. Tipping point
C) a. Comfort zone
D) c. Rotation point
  • 29. 29. The main reason today’s warming is unusual is because it is…
A) c. Very rapid
B) a. Extremely slow
C) b. Natural only
D) d. Caused by rainfall
  • 30. 30. To reduce climate change, societies must…
A) c. Use renewable energy
B) a. Burn more coal
C) d. Cut down forests
D) b. Ignore science
  • 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) TRUE
B) FALSE
  • 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) FALSE
B) TRUE
  • 37. 37. Precession makes Earth wobble like a spinning top.
A) FALSE
B) TRUE
  • 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) FALSE
B) TRUE
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