chapter 18 multiple choice questions (answers)

8/13/2019 Chapter 18 Multiple Choice Questions (Answers)

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18.2Humaninfluen

ces onclimate

The

atmos

pherearound

Earth

is

warme

dbecaus

e

_____

___.

warm

aircannot

escape

, as in

a

greenh

ouse

molec

ules in

the

atmos

phere

are

warme

d by

radiati

onfrom

Earth

and

retain

that

heat

fossilfuels

release

heat

plants

absorbCO2


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carbon

dio!id

e

nitrous

o!ide

oone

metha

ne

"

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eresearc

h


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Carbo

n

dio!id

e is

________.

the

most

potent

#per

molec

ule of

gas$ ofthe

greenh

ouse

gases

themostabund

ant

greenh

ouse

gas

morepotent

#per

molec

ule ofgas$

than

metha

ne

the

main

anthro

pogeni

c

greenh

ousegas

produc

ed in

the

%nited

&tates

theonly

greenh

ouse


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are

change

s in

Earth's

rotatio

n and

orbitaround

the

sun

that

may

trigger

climat

e

variati

on

descri

be the

timing

of the

northernlights

in the

thermo

sphere

descri

be thetranspi

ration,

evapor

ation,and

precipi

tation

of

Earth's

water

descri

be

upwell

ing

anddownwellin

g in

the

ocean

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b18.1Factor


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Easter

n

(acific

&hallo

w

)ater

)arming

Easter

n

(acific

*eep

)ater

)armi

ng"

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18.1

Factorsaffectin

g

Earth'sclimate

The

+nterg

overn

mental

(anel

onClimat

eChang

e

_____

___.

constr

uctedthe

yoto

(rotocol

perfor

medthe

researc

h

includ

ed in

the

climat


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18.6es!on

se toclimatechange

eelin

g's

reports

from

-auna

oa

demonstrated

_____

___.

an

increas

e inCO2

from

the

/01s

to

presen

t

thatsedime

nts

deposi

ted on

the

seaflo

or can

yieldclues

about

past

climat

es

that asdistanc

es

from

cities

decrea

sed,

CO2

concen

tration


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18.3Climate

research

Carbo

n-

basedfuels

from

lithosp

hericreserv

oirs

_____

___.

have

forme

dslowly

over

many

millio

ns of

years

is

readily

lost

from

Earth's

surfac

e in

the

absence of

human

s

is

forme

d fromthe

deposition,

partial

decay,

and

compr

essionof

inorganic

matter


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increas

ed

federal

fundin

g for

control

linggreenh

ouse

gas

emissi

ons

from

%.&.

power

plants

re3uire

d

conces

sions

from

allcountries

involv

ed

e3uall

y in

greenh

ouse

gasemissi

on

re3uire

d

increas

es in

nuclea

rpower

genera

tion

would

haveresulted in

overall

increas

es in

greenh

ouse

emissi

ons

was


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more

e!pens

ive

than

drivin

g a car

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18.6es!on

se toclimatechange


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5ydro

gen

fuel

cells,

biodiesel,

hydrog

en fuel

cells

and

long-

term

electri

cbatteri

es are

potenti

al

solutio

ns to

reduci

ng

carbon

emissi

ons

from

cars

andtruc4s

carbon

se3uestration

cap-

and-

trade

emissi

on

control

replaci

ngcoal as

a

ma6or

fuel

for

generating

electricity

cutting


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nitrous

o!ides

oone

carbon

dio!id

e

sulfate

aeroso

ls

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3

18.2

Humaninfluen

ces onclimate

"ppro

!imate

ly

_____

___7

of thetypical

"meri

can

city is

devote

d to

use by

cars.

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2

8


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1

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3

18.2

Humaninfluences on

climate

El

9i:oand a

9i:a

_____

___.

both

decrease

water

temper

atures

in the

eastern

(acific

Ocean

both

increas

e

water

temper

atures

in the

eastern(acific

Ocean

both

increas

e

water

temperatures

in the

;ulf

of

-e!ic

o

occurin

precise


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18.1Factor

saffectin

gEarth's

climate

Thegreenh

ouseeffect

involv

es

warmi

ng of

Earth's

surfac

e andthe

_____

___.

tropos

phere

mesos

phere

stratos

phere

thermosphere

ionosp

here

"

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increas

es in

densit

y

e!pands

sin4s

dissolv

es

increas

edamoun

ts of

carbon

dio!id

e from

the

atmosphere

is

irrever

sibly

altered

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18."#lobalclimate

changein

!resentan$

future

5ydro

electri

c

powergenera

tion

_____

___.

produc

es

high

3uantit

ies of

greenh


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has no

undesi

rable

enviro

nment

al

effects

produc

es

polluta

nts

that

contrib

ute

significantly

to acid

precipi

tation

usesfuelcells

to

genera

te

electri

city

is an

alterna

tive to

fossilfuels

and

produc

es

fewer

greenhouse

gases

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2

18.6

es!onse to

climatechange

Close

to_____

___7


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21

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18."

#lobalclimatechange

in!resent

an$future

Close

to

_____

___7

of thefuel

you

pump

into

yourautom

obile

does

not

move

your

vehicl

edown

the

road.

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18.6es!onse to

climatechange

&ubsid

ies for

masstransit

in the

%nited

&tates

________.

come

mostly

from

the

federalgovern

ment

increas

e

ridersh

ipsignifi

cantly

increas

e the

cost of

public

transp

ortation

are

mostly

from

private

corpor

ations

do not

e!ist

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nitrous

o!ide

oone

metha

ne

chloro

fluoro

carbon

s

carbon

mono!

ide

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2

18.6es!onse toclimate

change

+n thewa4e

of the

%.&.

failure

to

ratify

the

yoto(rotoc

ol

_____

___.

many

nation

s havesevere

d

diplom

atic

relatio

ns

with

the

%.&.


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the

%.&.

has

shown

that it

is a

leaderin

carbon

emissi

on

reducti

on

withou

t

having

signedthe

(rotoc

ol

doens

ofothernation

s

pulled

out of

the

(rotoc

ol

oil

e!porti

ngnation

s have

refuse

d to

sell to

the%.&.

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18.6es!onse toclimate

change

The

most

recentanalys

es of


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1,

8,

,

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18.3Climate

research

@ecent

eviden

ce

from

polar

icecore

analysi

s

shows

that

carbon

dio!id

e

levels

havenever

e!ceed

ed

_____

___

ppm in

the

lastseveral

hundre

d

thousa

nd

years

1

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