1
Reducing the amount of future climate change is called:
Answer: Mitigation
Questions
2
The most visually striking evidence of global warming is:
Answer: Rapid melting of glacial ice on nearly every continent
3
Greenhouse effect refers to:
Answer: Ability of certain atmospheric gases to trap heat and keep the planet relatively warm
4
Which of the following gas does not contribute to the global warming?
Answer: Acetylene
5
How does climate change (global warming) affect human health?
Answer: Adding potassium iodide
6
Which of the following do you think has the least impact of climate change in forests?
Answer: Loss of forest based employment
7
Which of the following is NOT causing the net CO2 in the atmosphere to increase?
Answer: photosynthesis
8
The most catastrophic weather or climate related disasters in terms of lives lost are
Answer: droughts
9
When do greenhouse gases cause global warming?
Answer: When their concentration is enhanced
11
What is called for the phenomenon when the radiation absorbed by the atmosphere is re-radiated towards the surface of the Earth?
Answer: Greenhouse effect
12
Which of the following result obtain due to cutting down of trees?
Answer: Cause greenhouse effect
16
Why the temperature inside the car is much warmer than the outside temperature when the car that has been left parked in the sun for a couple of hours?
Answer: NO2, NO
17
Taking the example of a car parked in the sun for a few hours, which of the following action takes place?
Answer: Sunlight once entered the car through windows is partially converted into heat
18
The GWP depends on which of the following factors?
Answer: All of the mentioned
19
Which of the following mentioned GHGs has the highest atmospheric lifetime?
Answer: Carbon tetrafluoride
20
Which of the following compounds have the highest GWP?
Answer: Sulphur hexafluoride
