Climate Change Terminology Quiz
Settings
Test your knowledge of Climate Change terminology.
- 1.What is the correct definition of 'science'?
- A.
The acquisition of knowledge through the collection and analysis of data.
- B.
A carbon-rich compound formed over geological time from organic materials, and burned by humans for energy.
- C.
The body of human knowledge about the physical universe.
- 2.What is the correct definition of 'greenhouse gases'?
- A.
Gases that trap solar heat energy in the atmosphere.
- B.
The trapping of solar energy by certain gases in the atmosphere.
- C.
A carbon-rich compound formed over geological time from organic materials, and burned by humans for energy.
- 3.What is the correct definition for 'fossil fuels'?
- A.
Common chemical element on Earth, notable for its importance in living (organic) materials and in some greenhouse gases.
- B.
A carbon-rich compound formed over geological time from organic materials, and burned by humans for energy.
- C.
Average weather (rainfall, wind, temperature) conditions for a location on the Earth’s surface.
- 4.What is the correct definition of 'global warming'?
- A.
The blanketing effect of clouds in the Earth’s atmosphere.
- B.
The conversion of cosmic rays into infra-red radiation by certain gases in the Earth’s atmosphere.
- C.
The increase in the Earth’s average surface temperature due to the greenhouse effect.
- 5.What is the correct definition of 'climate'?
- A.
Alteration of average weather conditions over time.
- B.
Average weather conditions for a location on the Earth’s surface.
- C.
The temperature at which glaciers begin rapid melting.
- 6.What is the correct definition of 'climate change'?
- A.
The occurrence of heatwaves due to global warming.
- B.
Alteration of average weather conditions over time.
- C.
The alteration of average temperature, wind and rainfall by human activities such as burning coal.
- 7.What is the correct defintion of the 'greenhouse effect'?
- A.
The trapping of solar energy by certain gases in the atmosphere.
- B.
The conversion of cosmic rays into infra-red radiation by certain gases in the Earth’s atmosphere.
- C.
The blanketing effect of clouds in the Earth’s atmosphere.
- 8.What is the correct definition of 'tipping point'?
- A.
A factor (e.g. temperature) affecting a natural system (e.g. a forest), the level of that factor which causes a rapid and irreversible change of state (e.g. forest fire and conversion to savannah) of the system.
- B.
The event of a previously rare phenomenon becoming rapidly and dramatically more common.
- C.
A somewhat mean-spirited activity whereby one knocks over a sleeping cow.
- 9.What is the correct definition of 'carbon cycle'?
- A.
The movement of carbon, in its many forms, between the atmosphere, oceans, biosphere, and geosphere.
- B.
The movement of fossil fuel-bearing rocks through the Earth’s crust.
- C.
The conversion of cosmic rays into infra-red radiation by certain gases in the Earth’s atmosphere.
Back to top