EVR 1001 Final Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
What do we know about Climate Change? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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1. Climate change impacts will vary by region
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2. Climate change already appears to be causing an increase in
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extreme events ||
3. The ocean is becoming more acidic
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4. Sea level is rising
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Where are species' ranges shifting towards due to climate change? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The poles and higher elevation
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Seasonal Timing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-migration and feeding
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What is true about seasonal timing? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-it is
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shifting
What causes ocean acidification? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The
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absorption of roughly 1/4 of the CO2 that is in the atmosphere into
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the ocean.
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,Why is ocean acidification harmful? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-It
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dissolves calcium carbonate, which makes up the shells of many
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marine organisms such as corals, clams, oysters, crabs, and mussels.
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Could potentially destroy major commercial fisheries
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What climate change impacts are harmful to coral reefs: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-the warming of water causes coral bleaching and strong
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storms are physically damaging
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Phenology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The study of cyclic and seasonal
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natural phenomena (e.g. on what date does a plant usually begin to
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form flowers or leaves?)
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*Changing due to climate change (plants are leaving earlier, insects
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hatching earlier, birds migrating earlier, animals breeding earlier)
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Why is hard to assess the impacts of climate change? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Because many things are changing at once || || || || || ||
Polar amplification (arctic intensification) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Changes in radiative forcing tend to have greater expression (e.g.
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increased warming) in polar regions; the poles will warm faster than
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the equatorial regions.
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,What causes polar amplification - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1.
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Decreased snow and ice cover that decrease the albedo in polar
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regions
2. Increased cloud cover that traps heat
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3. Increased transport of heat (by ocean currents and atmospheric
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circulation) to the poles || || ||
Where is some of the most rapid warming on the planet
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experienced? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-In the Western Antarctic
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Peninsula
Climate Change Impacts on Society: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1.
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Ocean acidification could destroy major commercial fisheries
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2. droughts and flooding are leading to agricultural losses
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3. Sea level rise will displace people and cause escalating expense
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4. More intense storms are causing more property damage and loss
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of life
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5. Farmers and foresters are struggling with altered growing seasons
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and disturbance regimes
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6.Crop yields will likely fall in the dry tropics and subtropics
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Climate Change Impacts on Society pt. 2: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1.
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Impacts on biodiversity will cause losses of food, water, and
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ecosystem goods and services || || ||
, 2. Melting of mountain glaciers will reduce water supplies to millions
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3. Economic costs will far outweigh benefits.
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4. Poorer nations and communities are suffering greater impacts
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5. Increased warm-weather health hazards will outweigh decreased
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cold-weather hazards ||
How much of the world's population lives in regions that depend on
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mountain meltwater? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1/6th
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Causes of Sea Level Rise - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1.Thermal
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Expansion (warm water is less dense than cold water)
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2.Glacier Melt (adds water from continent interiors)
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3.Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets (exacerbated by Arctic
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intensification) ||
4.Groundwater extraction (we are rapidly pumping water out of the
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aquifers)
Does melting sea ice lead to sea level rise? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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***NO!**
What does higher sea levels lead to? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Beach
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erosion, coastal flooding, intrusion of saltwater into aquifers, and
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greater impacts from storm surges
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Correct Answers
What do we know about Climate Change? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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1. Climate change impacts will vary by region
|| || || || || || ||
2. Climate change already appears to be causing an increase in
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
extreme events ||
3. The ocean is becoming more acidic
|| || || || || ||
4. Sea level is rising
|| || || ||
Where are species' ranges shifting towards due to climate change? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The poles and higher elevation
|| || || || ||
Seasonal Timing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-migration and feeding
|| || || || || ||
What is true about seasonal timing? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-it is
|| || || || || || || || || ||
shifting
What causes ocean acidification? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The
|| || || || || || ||
absorption of roughly 1/4 of the CO2 that is in the atmosphere into
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
the ocean.
||
,Why is ocean acidification harmful? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-It
|| || || || || || || ||
dissolves calcium carbonate, which makes up the shells of many
|| || || || || || || || || ||
marine organisms such as corals, clams, oysters, crabs, and mussels.
|| || || || || || || || || ||
Could potentially destroy major commercial fisheries
|| || || || ||
What climate change impacts are harmful to coral reefs: - CORRECT
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
ANSWER✔✔-the warming of water causes coral bleaching and strong
|| || || || || || || ||
storms are physically damaging
|| || || ||
Phenology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The study of cyclic and seasonal
|| || || || || || || || ||
natural phenomena (e.g. on what date does a plant usually begin to
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
form flowers or leaves?)
|| || || || ||
*Changing due to climate change (plants are leaving earlier, insects
|| || || || || || || || || ||
hatching earlier, birds migrating earlier, animals breeding earlier)
|| || || || || || ||
Why is hard to assess the impacts of climate change? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Because many things are changing at once || || || || || ||
Polar amplification (arctic intensification) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
|| || || || || ||
Changes in radiative forcing tend to have greater expression (e.g.
|| || || || || || || || || ||
increased warming) in polar regions; the poles will warm faster than
|| || || || || || || || || ||
the equatorial regions.
|| || ||
,What causes polar amplification - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1.
|| || || || || || ||
Decreased snow and ice cover that decrease the albedo in polar
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
regions
2. Increased cloud cover that traps heat
|| || || || || ||
3. Increased transport of heat (by ocean currents and atmospheric
|| || || || || || || || || ||
circulation) to the poles || || ||
Where is some of the most rapid warming on the planet
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
experienced? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-In the Western Antarctic
|| || || || || || ||
Peninsula
Climate Change Impacts on Society: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1.
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Ocean acidification could destroy major commercial fisheries
|| || || || || ||
2. droughts and flooding are leading to agricultural losses
|| || || || || || || ||
3. Sea level rise will displace people and cause escalating expense
|| || || || || || || || || ||
4. More intense storms are causing more property damage and loss
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
of life
||
5. Farmers and foresters are struggling with altered growing seasons
|| || || || || || || || || ||
and disturbance regimes
|| || ||
6.Crop yields will likely fall in the dry tropics and subtropics
|| || || || || || || || || ||
Climate Change Impacts on Society pt. 2: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1.
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Impacts on biodiversity will cause losses of food, water, and
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ecosystem goods and services || || ||
, 2. Melting of mountain glaciers will reduce water supplies to millions
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3. Economic costs will far outweigh benefits.
|| || || || || ||
4. Poorer nations and communities are suffering greater impacts
|| || || || || || || ||
5. Increased warm-weather health hazards will outweigh decreased
|| || || || || || || ||
cold-weather hazards ||
How much of the world's population lives in regions that depend on
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mountain meltwater? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1/6th
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Causes of Sea Level Rise - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1.Thermal
|| || || || || || || ||
Expansion (warm water is less dense than cold water)
|| || || || || || || ||
2.Glacier Melt (adds water from continent interiors)
|| || || || || || ||
3.Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets (exacerbated by Arctic
|| || || || || || || ||
intensification) ||
4.Groundwater extraction (we are rapidly pumping water out of the
|| || || || || || || || || ||
aquifers)
Does melting sea ice lead to sea level rise? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
***NO!**
What does higher sea levels lead to? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Beach
|| || || || || || || || || ||
erosion, coastal flooding, intrusion of saltwater into aquifers, and
|| || || || || || || || ||
greater impacts from storm surges
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