EAPS 106 Unit 12 Climate Change
Lecture Questions With Outlined
Answers
\Q\.Where are temperatures rising the greatest relative to the past century? - ANSWERS✔-High
northern latitudes
\Q\.Which statement about global warming is correct. - ANSWERS✔-The rate of temperature
rise is greater than it has ever been in the Earth's past.
\Q\.Why does western Europe have a warmer climate then Canada? - ANSWERS✔-Because of
the thermohaline current
\Q\.Why does the Earth's temperature peak every 100,000 years or so? - ANSWERS✔-Because
of changes in the eccentricity of its orbit
\Q\.Which of the following statements about how the greenhouse effect works in our
atmosphere is not true. - ANSWERS✔-Longwave radiation is converted into shortwave radiation.
\Q\.How do aerosols cause global cooling? - ANSWERS✔-By blocking sunlight
\Q\.If you remove all the glaciers on Earth, what will happen to global temperatures? -
ANSWERS✔-Temperatures will increase
\Q\.Why are ice cores never taken from ice shelves? - ANSWERS✔-Because the ice is too thin
and does not go back very far in time.
Lecture Questions With Outlined
Answers
\Q\.Where are temperatures rising the greatest relative to the past century? - ANSWERS✔-High
northern latitudes
\Q\.Which statement about global warming is correct. - ANSWERS✔-The rate of temperature
rise is greater than it has ever been in the Earth's past.
\Q\.Why does western Europe have a warmer climate then Canada? - ANSWERS✔-Because of
the thermohaline current
\Q\.Why does the Earth's temperature peak every 100,000 years or so? - ANSWERS✔-Because
of changes in the eccentricity of its orbit
\Q\.Which of the following statements about how the greenhouse effect works in our
atmosphere is not true. - ANSWERS✔-Longwave radiation is converted into shortwave radiation.
\Q\.How do aerosols cause global cooling? - ANSWERS✔-By blocking sunlight
\Q\.If you remove all the glaciers on Earth, what will happen to global temperatures? -
ANSWERS✔-Temperatures will increase
\Q\.Why are ice cores never taken from ice shelves? - ANSWERS✔-Because the ice is too thin
and does not go back very far in time.
