CHAPTER 6 Test Yourself

CHAPTER 6 Test Yourself

Take this quiz to test your chapter knowledge.

Question 6.64

1. True or false? A single year of record-breaking heat is a definite sign of climate change.

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2. True or false? Modern human emissions of CO2 are about equal to natural emissions from volcanoes.

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3. True or false? Most of Earth’s carbon is stored in the lithosphere.

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4. True or false? To stabilize CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere, human carbon emissions must be cut by about 80% in the next few decades.

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5. True or false? Worldwide, most mountain glaciers are receding upslope in response to anthropogenic climate change.

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6. Multiple choice: During the last 800,000 years, natural atmospheric CO2 concentrations did not rise above

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7. Multiple choice: Today’s atmospheric CO2 concentration is about

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8. Multiple choice: Why are the oceans becoming more acidic?

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9. Fill in the blank: The ___________________ is a graph of measurements that show increasing CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere.

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10. Fill in the blank: The study of ancient climate is called _________________________________.