Global Warming Trivia Quiz Questions With Answers
Global warming refers to a rise in the average temperature
of what?
A: Earth's climate system including ocean and air temperatures.
Since 1971, 90% of the global warming has occurred in the what?
A: Oceans.
Since the early 20th century, the global average surface
temperature of the earth has increased about 1.4 °F with about how much of the
increase occurring since 1980.
A: Two-thirds.
For the last three decades the earth has been successively warmer at the surface than any preceding decade since when?
A: 1850.
In its fourth assessment of the relevant scientific
literature, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stated that scientists
were more than 90% certain that global warming was being caused by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases produced by what?
A: Human activities
In 2013, the IPCC stated that the largest driver of global
warming is carbon dioxide emissions released by things like what?
A: Burning fossil fuels and deforestation.
Climate change impacts will vary from region to region
around the earth and will include a rise in sea levels , changes in
precipitation, and probable expansion of what?
A: Subtropical deserts.
Where on the planet is warming expected to be strongest?
A: In the Arctic.
Probable effects of global warming include more frequent
extreme weather like heat waves, droughts,
floods and ocean what?
A: acidification.
The effects of climate change that are significant to
humans include food security from decreasing crop yields and the loss of habitat
from what?
A: Inundation.
Potential responses to global warming include mitigation by
emissions reducing greenhouse gas emissions, adaptation to its effects, and
perhaps what?
A: Climate engineering.
Most countries are parties to (UNFCCC),[21] whose what is
the ultimate objective for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change?
A: To prevent dangerous human-induced climate change.
Between 2000 and 2010, how much did greenhouse gas
emissions grow?
A: 2.2% per year.
The warming temperature record is consistent with a wide
range of documented observations, by numerous independent what?
A: Scientific groups.
Since water expands as it warms, what does global warming
cause?
A: Sea level rise.
2005 and 2010 tied for the earth's "what" since late 19th
century?
A: Warmest year.
The process of absorption and emission of infrared
radiation by gases in the earth's atmosphere that warms its atmosphere and
surface is called what?
A: The greenhouse effect.
The greenhouse effect was proposed by who in 1824?
A: Joseph Fourier.
The greenhouse effect was discovered in 1860 by who?
A: John Tyndall.
If the Earth did not have an atmosphere, most of Earths'
surface would be how cold?
A: Below freezing.
What are the major greenhouse gases?
A: Water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and ozone.
As of 2007, the concentrations of
carbon dioxide and
methane have increased by 36% and 148% respectively since what year?
Carbon dioxide and methane levels in the earth's atmosphere
are substantially higher than at any time during the last how many years?
A: 800,000 years.
What have the main drivers been, over the last three
decades of the 20th century, to greenhouse gas emissions?
A: Gross domestic product per capita and population growth.
What is global dimming?
A: A gradual reduction in the amount of global direct irradiance at the Earth's
surface.
What is the main cause of global dimming?
A: Particulates produced by volcanoes and human made pollutants.
Satellites have been measuring the sun's output accurately
since 1978, and the sun's output has not done what?
A: Increased.
If present trends continue, by 2030, in Southern Africa the
production of maize could drop by up to how much?
A: 30%.
What is climate engineering?
A: Climate engineering is the deliberate modification of the climate.
Climate engineering has been investigated as a possible
response to climate change by what organizations?
A: NASA and the Royal Society.
A study from 2014 concluded the most common climate
engineering methods are what?
A: Either ineffective or have possible severe negative side effects.
