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