Lesson Y8-U05-L04

The Human Fingerprint: The Enhanced Greenhouse Effect Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 11

20 questions

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Lesson Y8-U05-L04, The Human Fingerprint: The Enhanced Greenhouse Effect: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 11: Year 8: Climate Change: Evidence and Choices, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What term describes the extra warming caused by human additions of greenhouse gases?

    • Ozone depletion
    • Enhanced greenhouse effect
    • Natural greenhouse effect
    • Solar radiation

  2. What is a fossil fuel?

    • Surface solar power
    • Underground ancient fuel
    • Renewable plant energy
    • Synthetic lab oil

  3. What are emissions?

    • Released gases
    • Absorbed oxygen
    • Trapped rainfall
    • Filtered sunlight

  4. What is deforestation?

    • Protecting woodlands
    • Natural wildfire
    • Planting new trees
    • Cutting down forests

  5. Which human activity releases methane?

    • Driving electric cars
    • Farming cattle
    • Using solar panels
    • Building wind turbines

  6. Which is a major human source of carbon dioxide?

    • Recycling plastics
    • Planting woodlands
    • Using solar power
    • Burning fossil fuels

  7. Roughly what was the carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere in 1750, before the Industrial Revolution?

    • About 311 ppm
    • About 278 ppm
    • About 369 ppm
    • About 414 ppm

  8. Roughly what was the carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere in 2020?

    • About 369 ppm
    • About 311 ppm
    • About 414 ppm
    • About 520 ppm

  9. What is the main cause of rising carbon dioxide?

    • Volcanic eruptions
    • Solar radiation
    • Burning fossil fuels
    • Ocean currents

  10. Between 1950 and 2000, carbon dioxide rose from about 311 ppm to about 369 ppm. What is the rise?

    • About 8 ppm
    • About 58 ppm
    • About 110 ppm
    • About 28 ppm

  11. Around which year did the sharp rise in carbon dioxide begin, linked to factories and coal?

    • About 1000 BC
    • About 1450
    • About 1950 only
    • About 1850

  12. Why does adding greenhouse gases warm the Earth?

    • They block sunlight
    • They trap heat
    • They destroy clouds
    • They cool oceans

  13. What happens when more greenhouse gases are added?

    • Sunlight is blocked
    • More heat trapped
    • Ozone is created
    • More heat escapes

  14. Which human activity is the main driver of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide?

    • Solar radiation
    • Fossil fuel burning
    • Ocean currents
    • Volcanic eruptions

  15. Extra greenhouse gases are like extra what?

    • Glasses on a face
    • Coats in a wardrobe
    • Blankets on a bed
    • Bricks in a wall

  16. Can natural factors alone explain fast modern warming?

    • Only the Sun
    • Yes
    • Only volcanoes
    • No

  17. How does deforestation affect the climate?

    • Increases rainfall
    • Cools the air
    • Adds oxygen
    • Removes carbon sinks

  18. What causes the enhanced greenhouse effect?

    • Natural water vapour
    • Solar flares
    • Volcanic ash
    • Human-added gases

  19. What is the unique chemical fingerprint of human-released carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

    • Volcanic ash signature
    • Solar radiation signature
    • Fossil fuel signature
    • Plant respiration signature

  20. Which human activity releases large amounts of carbon dioxide and reduces carbon absorption?

    • Solar farming
    • Deforestation
    • Tree planting
    • Wind generation

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