Lesson 3.1.1.4

3.1.1.4 Water, carbon, climate and life on Earth Quiz: AQA Geography, Unit 1

20 questions

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Lesson 3.1.1.4, Water, carbon, climate and life on Earth: 20 multiple choice questions for the AQA Geography (7037), Unit 1: Physical geography, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. Which main greenhouse gas is directly controlled by carbon cycle transfers?

    • Methane
    • Carbon dioxide
    • Nitrous oxide
    • Ozone

  2. What happens to the water vapour capacity of air as temperature rises?

    • Stays constant
    • Fluctuates randomly
    • Decreases
    • Increases

  3. Increased water vapour causing further atmospheric warming is an example of what process?

    • Negative feedback
    • System threshold
    • Positive feedback
    • Dynamic equilibrium

  4. What type of feedback occurs when increased photosynthesis counteracts rising atmospheric carbon dioxide?

    • Thermal expansion
    • Positive feedback
    • Radiative forcing
    • Negative feedback

  5. Which human intervention intercepts and stores industrial carbon emissions underground?

    • Geoengineering
    • Afforestation
    • Carbon offsetting
    • Carbon capture

  6. What term describes planting trees on land not previously covered by forest?

    • Afforestation
    • Agroforestry
    • Deforestation
    • Reforestation

  7. Which global cycle primarily regulates atmospheric temperature through the natural greenhouse effect?

    • Nitrogen cycle
    • Rock cycle
    • Hydrological cycle
    • Carbon cycle

  8. Replacing fossil-fuel power generation with wind power directly reduces which greenhouse emission?

    • Carbon dioxide
    • Ozone
    • Methane
    • Sulphur dioxide

  9. Which climatic conditions most effectively accelerate soil organic matter decomposition rates?

    • Warmer and wetter
    • Colder and wetter
    • Warmer and drier
    • Colder and drier

  10. What property decreases when Arctic sea ice melts, increasing solar energy absorption?

    • Thermal conductivity
    • Latent heat
    • Surface albedo
    • Specific heat capacity

  11. By roughly what percentage does air water-holding capacity increase per degree Celsius warming?

    • 7 per cent
    • 25 per cent
    • 2 per cent
    • 15 per cent

  12. What threshold is exceeded when intense rainfall creates rapid surface runoff and river flooding?

    • Field capacity
    • Groundwater storage
    • Infiltration capacity
    • Evapotranspiration rate

  13. Which key factor determines the long-term effectiveness of carbon sequestration projects?

    • Labour availability
    • Initial cost
    • Storage permanence
    • Visual impact

  14. What impact does widespread tropical deforestation have on local evapotranspiration rates?

    • Decreases evapotranspiration
    • Prevents condensation
    • Stabilises rainfall
    • Increases evapotranspiration

  15. Higher atmospheric temperatures generally cause what change in intense precipitation events?

    • Increased intensity
    • Reduced intensity
    • Unchanged frequency
    • Complete cessation

  16. What acid forms when oceans absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide?

    • Carbonic acid
    • Sulfuric acid
    • Nitric acid
    • Hydrochloric acid

  17. What process in thawing permafrost releases greenhouse gases into the atmosphere?

    • Organic decomposition
    • Volcanic outgassing
    • Thermal expansion
    • Freeze-thaw weathering

  18. What term describes actions taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions?

    • Resilience
    • Adaptation
    • Remediation
    • Mitigation

  19. What term describes the long-term storage of carbon from the atmosphere?

    • Carbon sink
    • Carbon flux
    • Carbon footprint
    • Carbon sequestration

  20. Which atmospheric gas is the most abundant greenhouse gas?

    • Nitrous oxide
    • Carbon dioxide
    • Water vapour
    • Methane

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