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3.1 Climate Change
3.1.1 Evidence and Causes of Climate Change
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Match the cause with its primary focus:
Climate Change ↔️ Natural variations and human activities
Global Warming ↔️ Human greenhouse gas emissions
What information do ice cores provide about past climates?
Temperature, precipitation, atmospheric composition
Satellite data shows decreases in ice
cover
Ice cores from glaciers contain air bubbles and materials that show past temperature and atmospheric
composition
What is one effect of extreme weather events, as current evidence of climate change indicates?
Increased drought frequency
What does current evidence of climate change support?
Scientific consensus on reality
Natural causes have a greater impact on climate change than human activities.
False
Agricultural practices like livestock farming and fertilizer use emit methane and nitrous oxide, which are potent
greenhouse gases
.
True
Ship logs and weather observations are examples of
historical
documents used to study past climate events.
Satellite data indicates increases in sea levels and decreases in
ice cover
.
True
Volcanic eruptions release greenhouse gases and aerosols, which can cause short-term
cooling
followed by warming.
Livestock farming and fertilizer use emit methane and nitrous oxide, which are potent greenhouse
gases
The carbon cycle acts as a positive feedback by releasing more CO2 from warming
soil
Climate change refers to the long-term alteration of average weather
patterns
Layers of sediment in lakes and oceans are known as sediment
records
Extreme weather events like heatwaves and droughts are becoming more frequent and
intense
Match the natural or human cause of climate change with its impact:
Deforestation ↔️ Loss of CO2 sinks, higher atmospheric CO2
Agricultural Practices ↔️ Emit potent greenhouse gases
"Global Warming" is a specific aspect of climate change that focuses solely on the increase in Earth's average surface
temperature
What are some effects of climate change?
Changes in precipitation
Historical data sources allow scientists to analyze climate patterns over centuries and
millennia
.
True
Global warming is a broad term that encompasses all aspects of climate change.
False
What do historical documents such as ship logs provide insights into?
Past climate events
Satellite data shows increases in sea levels, decreases in ice
cover
Increased solar activity can slightly warm the
planet
What is the major greenhouse gas released by fossil fuel combustion?
CO2
Match the historical data type with its contribution to climate change understanding:
Ice cores ↔️ Shows past temperature and atmospheric composition
Tree rings ↔️ Indicates past temperature and precipitation
Sediment records ↔️ Contains climate information from lakes and oceans
Historical documents ↔️ Provides insights into past climate events
Order the types of current evidence used to study climate change based on their primary focus:
1️⃣ Instrumental records: Climate variables
2️⃣ Satellite data: Climate indicators
3️⃣ Extreme weather events: Frequency and intensity
What are the two primary natural drivers of climate change?
Solar variability and volcanic activity
What is the primary greenhouse gas released by fossil fuel combustion?
CO2
What is the albedo effect in climate change?
Melting ice decreases reflectivity
What can ice cores reveal about past climates?
Temperature and atmospheric composition
Match the data type with its contribution to understanding climate change:
Ice cores ↔️ Shows past temperature and atmospheric composition
Tree rings ↔️ Indicates past temperature and precipitation patterns
Instrumental records of the past century show a clear warming
trend
Fossil fuel combustion is a major contributor to global
warming
Climate change encompasses all climate variables, while global warming focuses solely on
temperature
.
True
Rising temperatures and melting ice caps are effects of
global warming
.
True
What do instrumental records from the past century show about climate change?
Clear warming trend
What is the primary cause of global warming?
Human greenhouse gas emissions
Instrumental records show a clear warming
trend
Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and intense, which aligns with
climate change
projections.
True
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