Chapter 10

1.

1 point

Which of these years had the warmest worldwide climate

1998

2005

2008

2001

2.

1 point

Ice in Antarctica is

increasing, contradictingg global warming predictions

melting, contradicting global warming predictions

increasing, as expected from global warming predictions

melting, as expected from global warming predictions

3.

1 point

Thanks to humans, the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has

doubles

increased by about 35%

reduced to 50% its previous level

increased by 36%

4.

1 point

A treaty that was signed by the United States but not ratified by the Senate is

IPCC

SIGS

SEGS

kyoto

5.

1 point

In the United States, nuclear power produces what percentage of the electricity?

80%

3%

less than 1%

20%

6.

1 point

In France, nuclear power produces what percentage of the electricity?

80%

20%

37%

2%

7.

1 point

The average temperature of the Earth (including the poles and the equator) is now about

42F

65F

57F

80F

8.

1 point

The organization that studies climate change is

IPCC

AFL-CIO

NAACP

IAEA

9.

1 point

If the United States reduced CO2 emissions to those suggested by the Kyoto treaty, and the developing nations continued to increase theirs at the current (allowed) rate, then global warming would be delayed by about

30 years

3 years

10 years

70 years

10.

1 point

To be affordable without subsidy or carbon credits, the cost of a billion-watt solar plant must be not much more than

1 billion

10 billion

30 billion

100 million

11.

1 point

Which of the following is not a major greenhouse gas?

water vapor

CFCs (freon)

methane

carbon dioxide

12.

1 point

Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased over the past 100 years by abou

36%

96%

0.6%

6%

13.

1 point

Converting coal to oil is achieved with

CIGS

Fisher -tropsch

pebble bed reactors

enhanced oil recovery

14.

1 point

Cooling in the last big ice age, which ended about 12,000 bc was approx

4F

32 F

11F

2 F

15.

1 point

Higher carbon dioxide levels than we have now were last seen about

2000 years ago

13,000 years ago

2 milliion years ago

600 years ago

16.

1 point

Which fossil fuel produces the most CO2, per pound, when burned?

natural gas

oil

coal

gasoline

17.

1 point

clean coal

refers to coal that has had its carbon removed

is an oxymoron, since coal makes more CO2 than any other fossil fuels

refers to coal used at a power plant with carbon capture and storage (CCS)

refers to coals that has been converted to gasoline

18.

1 point

the least expensive form of carbon abatement is

solar power

conservation

wind power

nuclear power

19.

1 point

The country that produces the most carbon dioxide each year is

United states

china

Russia

India

20.

1 point

Cooling during the Little Ice Age (AD 1350 to 1850) was approximately

32F

2F

11F

4F

21.

1 point

The greenhouse effect currently warms the Earth by approximately

12C

18C

2C

6C

22.

1 point

According to the text, wind power is

rapidly growing, with wind turbines delivering twice the power they did four years ago

widely used in europe, but not suitable for the United States

possibility for the distant future, but not practical until the price drops

declining in the United states because the wind turbines have been discovered to kill birds

23.

1 point

Which country produces the most greenhouse gas emissions per GDP (gross domestic product)

USA

Japan

China

Russia

24.

1 point

The country that produces the mist carbon dioxide per person every year is

Russie

China

Saudi Arabia

United states

25.

1 point

A key feature of the Kyoto treaty is that it

did not require reductions for Japan

required CO2 reductions for China

Reduced CO01 but ignored other GHG such as methane

set up a method to trade carbon credits

26.

1 point

The greenhouse effect involves atmospheric emission of

UV

IR

visible light

microwaves