EVR 1001 Final Exam Questions and Answers |Fall 2025/2026
Update | 100% Correct
Question 1
What do we know about Climate Change?
Correct Answer
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
Question 2
Where are species' ranges shifting towards due to climate change?
Correct Answer
The poles and higher elevation
Question 3
Seasonal Timing
Correct Answer
migration and feeding
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,Question 4
What is true about seasonal timing?
Correct Answer
it is shifting
Question 5
What causes ocean acidification?
Correct Answer
The absorption of roughly 1/4 of the CO2 that is in the atmosphere into the ocean.
Question 6
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
Question 7
What climate change impacts are harmful to coral reefs:
Correct Answer
the warming of water causes coral bleaching and strong storms are physically damaging
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,Question 8
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)
Question 9
Why is hard to assess the impacts of climate change?
Correct Answer
Because many things are changing at once
Question 10
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.
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, Question 11
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
Question 12
Where is some of the most rapid warming on the planet experienced?
Correct Answer
In the Western Antarctic Peninsula
Question 13
Climate Change Impacts on Society:
Correct Answer
1. 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
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Update | 100% Correct
Question 1
What do we know about Climate Change?
Correct Answer
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
Question 2
Where are species' ranges shifting towards due to climate change?
Correct Answer
The poles and higher elevation
Question 3
Seasonal Timing
Correct Answer
migration and feeding
Page 1 of 71
,Question 4
What is true about seasonal timing?
Correct Answer
it is shifting
Question 5
What causes ocean acidification?
Correct Answer
The absorption of roughly 1/4 of the CO2 that is in the atmosphere into the ocean.
Question 6
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
Question 7
What climate change impacts are harmful to coral reefs:
Correct Answer
the warming of water causes coral bleaching and strong storms are physically damaging
Page 2 of 71
,Question 8
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)
Question 9
Why is hard to assess the impacts of climate change?
Correct Answer
Because many things are changing at once
Question 10
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.
Page 3 of 71
, Question 11
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
Question 12
Where is some of the most rapid warming on the planet experienced?
Correct Answer
In the Western Antarctic Peninsula
Question 13
Climate Change Impacts on Society:
Correct Answer
1. 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
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