Physical Geography- Climate change part 1

1.

1 point

How much more potent is methane than carbon dioxide?

2.

1 point

How many square km of permafrost existed on Banks Island in 2000 and how much will have disappeared by 2050 and 2100? (separate answers with a comma)

3.

1 point

What % of nitrous oxide gas emissions are due to humans?

4.

1 point

What is the temperature range for Banks Island in Northern Canada (an example of a Tundra biome) compared to Birmingham? (separate answers with a comma)

5.

1 point

How many species of beetle were found in kettle holes in St. Bee's Head, Cumbria?

6.

1 point

How many were killed by the flash floods in Peru during the 1997/98 El Nino event?

7.

1 point

How much rain did Peru receive for each of the first 12 days of March during the 1997/98 El Nino event?

8.

1 point

How many parts per billion were there of nitrous oxide gas in 2011, compared to pre-industrial levels? (separate answers with a comma)

9.

1 point

Without the greenhouse effect how much cooler would the Earth be today?

10.

1 point

How far back has the Athabasca Glacier in the Canadian Rockies retreated over the past 125 years?

11.

1 point

What % of methane gas emissions come from humans?

12.

3 points

How many cubic km of Ice have been lost on the Greenland ice sheet in 1996, 2006 and 2016? (separate answers with a comma)

13.

1 point

Over what time period does 'the wobble' take place?

14.

1 point

How many inhabitants are there on Banks Island, Canada?

15.

1 point

What is the technical name for 'The stretch'?

16.

1 point

How much have average global temperatures increased by since 1880?

17.

1 point

How many acres of land were scorched by forest fires in South East Asia during the 2015/16 El Nino event?

18.

1 point

How deep was the ice over Scandinavia during the Devensian glacial period?

19.

1 point

How many Musk Ox have been killed due to starvation on Banks Island?

20.

1 point

When was the last big El Nino event (apart from the current one)?

21.

1 point

Which isotope of oxygen is in higher concentrations in the ocean when there is a glacial peroid?

22.

2 points

When did Orange tip butterflies first emerge in 1971 compared to 2005 in the Wyre Forest? (separate answers with a comma)

23.

1 point

How much will the number of Polar bears drop by by 2050 due to the loss of sea ice?

24.

1 point

How far north would Boreal forests shift due to global warming?

25.

1 point

What is the lowest and highest temperature for Bank's Island, Canada (an example of a tundra biome? (separate answers with a comma)

26.

1 point

What is the technical name for 'The tilt'?

27.

1 point

What is the total precipitation for Bank's Island (An example of a tundra biome) compared to Birmingham's? (Separate answers with a comma)

28.

1 point

How much have coastal areas of Banks Island been eroded by over a 15 year period due to melting permafrosts.

29.

1 point

How many parts per million of carbon dioxide were there in 2011 compared to the pre-industrial level? (separate answers with a comma)

30.

1 point

What is the technical name for 'the wobble'?

31.

1 point

When did the Younger Dryas stadial occur? (in years before present, ybp)

32.

1 point

What % of the tundra biome will have disappeared by 2100

33.

1 point

How many parts per billion were there of methane gas in 2011, compared to pre-industrial levels? (separate answers with a comma)

34.

1 point

Over what time period does 'the stretch' take place?

35.

3 points

What is the 'best estimate' of how much sea levels will rise by, by 2100?

36.

1 point

When was the Devensian glacial period? (in years before present, ybp)

37.

1 point

How many islands make up the Maldives?

38.

1 point

What % of anthropogenic global warming is Carbon Dioxide responsible for?

39.

1 point

What was average December temperature in the UK during the 2015/16 El Nino event compared the the usual temperature for December? (separate answers with a comma)

40.

1 point

How many people were evacuated in South America in the 2015/16 El Nino event?

41.

1 point

What is the name of the period we are in at the moment?

42.

1 point

How many seals per community used to be caught on Banks Island compared to today's numbers? (separate answers with a comma)

43.

1 point

How much more potent is nitrous oxide than carbon dioxide?

44.

1 point

Name a plant that grow in the tundra

45.

1 point

Over what time period does 'the tilt' take place?

46.

1 point

What is the name of a road in California which was closed during the 2015/16 El Nino event?

47.

1 point

Between what degrees does the Earths axis 'tilt' between? (separate answers with a comma)

48.

1 point

How often does El Nino occur?

49.

1 point

Name an animal that lives in the tundra

50.

1 point

How much did methane emissions from the Arctic increase by from 2003-2007?