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