Lesson 4.9.2.3
4.9.2.3 Global climate change Quiz: AQA Chemistry, Unit 9
20 questions
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Lesson 4.9.2.3, Global climate change: 20 multiple choice questions for the AQA GCSE Chemistry (8462), Unit 9: Chemistry of the atmosphere, written with Revision Ninja.
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The 20 questions
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What is named as a major cause of global climate change?
- Cooling ocean currents
- Rising global temperature
- Lower atmospheric pressure
- Decreasing carbon dioxide
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How many potential effects of global climate change must students describe briefly?
- Four
- Two
- Six
- Ten
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What must be discussed regarding the potential effects of global climate change?
- Speed and volume
- Cost and profit
- Scale and risk
- Mass and density
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Which event is a potential effect of global climate change?
- Expanding ice sheets
- Decreasing ocean levels
- Rising sea levels
- Falling global temperatures
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Which effect would most directly follow from melting land ice?
- Lower carbon dioxide
- Less rainfall globally
- Rising sea levels
- Falling sea levels
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Which weather pattern is associated with global climate change?
- Constant gentle rain
- Permanent stable seasons
- More extreme weather
- Decreased storm frequency
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How might global climate change affect living species?
- Shifts in habitats
- No geographic changes
- Immediate extinction everywhere
- Increased population sizes
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A town is at low elevation on a coast. Which climate effect poses the greatest risk to it?
- Rising sea levels
- Reduced humidity
- Falling sea levels
- Lower tides
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What two factors must be considered when discussing the risk of climate change?
- Colour and odour
- Extent and likelihood
- pH and temperature
- Mass and volume
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An increase in average global temperature is a major cause of what?
- Climate change
- Global cooling
- Acid rain
- Ozone depletion
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What increases the environmental implications of a climate change effect?
- Faster wind speed
- Wider ecosystem impacts
- Higher gas purity
- Lower atmospheric pressure
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What does assessing the risk of climate change combine?
- Volume and pressure
- Likelihood and severity
- Height and width
- Density and mass
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Which of these is a potential effect of global climate change?
- Decreased solar flare
- Rising sea levels
- Lower UV radiation
- Reduced nitrogen levels
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In what unit is average global temperature measured?
- Moles per litre
- Litres
- Degrees Celsius
- Newtons
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What is a likely polar effect of rising average global temperatures?
- Increased snowfall
- Thicker glaciers
- Lower sea levels
- Melting ice caps
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How can extreme weather events impact the environment?
- Increasing ozone layers
- Damaging ecosystems
- Lowering sea temperatures
- Creating pure oxygen
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Which of these is a potential effect rather than a cause of climate change?
- Rising sea levels
- Methane from livestock
- Burning fossil fuels
- Deforestation
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What three factors must be discussed when evaluating global climate change implications?
- Scale, risk and impact
- Volume, pressure and heat
- Cost, profit and tax
- Speed, mass and force
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What environmental consequence is linked to global climate change?
- Pure water production
- Ecosystem disruption
- Higher helium levels
- Increased gold reserves
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Which effect is directly linked to rising global temperatures?
- Thicker polar ice
- Lower ocean acidity
- Rising sea levels
- Decreased rainfall globally
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