Multiple Choice Questions

Changes to the global climate could include _______.
  • d.none of the above
  • d.fishing
  • d.experiences no change
  • d.all of the above
"In a 2009 study, presented by the National Academy of Science, 97% of climate scientists agree that human activity is causing global warming." Which of the following statements is best supported by this study?
  • b.Glaciers scraped across the surface and altered landscapes and the course of rivers.
  • b.Steady surface temperature increases were noted between the 1970's and 90's.
  • d.Most climate scientists believe that there is evidence that explains global warming.
  • b.Increased levels of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, leads to increased phytoplankton growth.
Habitat change occurs more frequently through natural causes than human activity.
  • b.Steady surface temperature increases were noted between the 1970's and 90's.
  • F
  • T
  • c.colder
Which of the following is not true concerning the Pleistocene ice age.
  • C Sea levels during the ice age were higher than today.
  • b.It occurs in ecosystems that are already established.
  • b.an increase in the overall temperature of the Earth
  • b.Glaciers scraped across the surface and altered landscapes and the course of rivers.
Which of the following best describes the impact of glaciers upon the surface of the earth?
  • b.It occurs in ecosystems that are already established.
  • b.Glaciers scraped across the surface and altered landscapes and the course of rivers.
  • C Sea levels during the ice age were higher than today.
  • b.an increase in the overall temperature of the Earth
Why was the concern over global cooling replaced with a concern over global warming?
  • b.It occurs in ecosystems that are already established.
  • C Sea levels during the ice age were higher than today.
  • b.Glaciers scraped across the surface and altered landscapes and the course of rivers.
  • b.Steady surface temperature increases were noted between the 1970's and 90's.
Global warming is a theory accepted by a majority of scientists.
  • T
  • F
  • b.It occurs in ecosystems that are already established.
  • False
Which of the following is the most likely global climate change?
  • d.experiences no change
  • b.It occurs in ecosystems that are already established.
  • b.an increase in the overall temperature of the Earth
  • C Sea levels during the ice age were higher than today.
Which of the following about secondary succession is not true?
  • b.an increase in the overall temperature of the Earth
  • b.It occurs in ecosystems that are already established.
  • b.Glaciers scraped across the surface and altered landscapes and the course of rivers.
  • C Sea levels during the ice age were higher than today.
All scientists agree that global climate change will happen rapidly.
  • T
  • d.experiences no change
  • F
  • False
Ecosystems have trouble adjusting to short-term changes.
  • F
  • False
  • d.all of the above
  • T
Some scientists believe that global warming will lead to an increase in disease and starvation
  • F
  • d.none of the above
  • T
  • d.all of the above
The increased ranges of plant and insect species resulting from climate change has only negative consequences.
  • T
  • d.fishing
  • F
  • d.all of the above
The early arrival of spring in New Hampshire has no effect on wildlife.
  • c.colder
  • F
  • T
  • False
How does an early onset of spring through climate change affect plants?
  • a.their growing and flowering season starts earlier and is longer
  • b.Increased levels of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, leads to increased phytoplankton growth.
  • b.Steady surface temperature increases were noted between the 1970's and 90's.
  • b.It occurs in ecosystems that are already established.
Some scientists believe that global warming will bring about extreme weather.
  • a.their growing and flowering season starts earlier and is longer
  • T
  • c.colder
  • F
Without the greenhouse effect the Earth would be _______ than it is today.
  • d.none of the above
  • d.fishing
  • c.colder
  • d.experiences no change
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