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Chapter 10 Flashcards

1
Q

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

a. 600 years ago
b. 2000 years ago
c. 13,000 years ago
d. 20 millions year ago

A

d. 20 millions year ago

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2
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The country that produces the most carbon dioxide each is

a. united states
b. russia
c. china
d. india

A

c. china

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3
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The country that produces the most carbon dioxide per person every year is

a. United states
b. Russia
c. China
d. Saudi Arabia

A

a. United states

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4
Q

The greenhouse effect currently warms the Earth by approximately

a. 1 degree F
b. 2 degrees F
c. 4 degrees F
d. 35 degrees F

A

d. 35 degrees F

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5
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Which fossil fuel produces the most CO@ per pound, when burned?

a. oil
b. natural gas
c. coal
d. gasoline

A

c. coal

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6
Q

Converting coal to oil is achieved with

a. pebble bed reactors
b. fisher-tropsch
c. enhanced oil recovery
d. CIGS

A

b. fisher-tropsch

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7
Q

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

a. 0.6%
b. 6%
c. 36%
d. 96%

A

c. 36%

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8
Q

Ice in Antarctica is

a. metling, as expected from global warming predictions
b. increasing, as expected from global warming predictions
c. melting, contradicting global warming predictions
d. increasing, contradicting global warming predictions

A

c. melting, contradicting global warming predictions

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9
Q

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

a. IPCC
b. CIGS
c. SEGS
d. Kyoto

A

d. Kyoto

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10
Q

According to the text, wind power is

a. a possibility for the distant future, but not practical until the price drops
b. rapidly growing, with wind turbines delivering twice the power they did four years ago
c. widely used in Europe, but not suitable for the United States
d. declining in the United States because the wind turbines have been discovered to kill birds

A

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

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Clean coal

a. is an oxymoron, since coal makes more CO2 than any other fossil fuel
b. refers to coal that has been converted to gasoline
c. refers to coal that has had its carbon removed
d. refers to coal used at a power plant with carbon capture and storage (CCS)

A

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

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12
Q

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

a. 2%
b. 20%
c. 37%
d. 80%

A

d. 80%

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13
Q

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

a. less than 1%
b. 3%
c. 20%
d. 80%

A

c. 20%

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14
Q

The organization that studies climate change is

a. IPCC
b. NAACP
c. AFL-CIO
d. IAEA

A

a. IPCC

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15
Q

Which of these years had the warmest worldwide climate?

a. 2008
b. 2005
c. 2001
d. 1998

A

d. 1998

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16
Q

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

a. 3 years
b. 10 years
c. 30 years
d. 70 years

A

a. 3 years

17
Q

The greenhouse effect involves atmospheric emission of

a. IR
b. visible light
c. UV
d. microwave

18
Q

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

a. $100 million
b. $1 billion
c. $30 billion
d. $10 billion

A

b. $1 billion

19
Q

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

a. 42 degrees F
b. 57 degrees F
c. 65 degrees F
d. 80 degrees F

A

b. 57 degrees F

20
Q

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

a. china
b. russia
c. USA
d. japan

21
Q

A key feature of the Kyoto treaty is that it

a. required CO2 reductions for China
b. did not require reductions for Japan
c. reduced CO2 but ignored other greenhouse gases such as methane
d. set up a method to trade carbon credits

A

d. set up a method to trade carbon credits

22
Q

Cooling in the last big ice age, which ended about 12,000 BC, was approximately

a. 2 degrees f
b. 4 degrees f
c. 11 degrees f
d. 32 degrees f

A

c. 11 degrees f

23
Q

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

a. 2 degrees f
b. 4 degrees f
c. 11 degrees f
d. 32 degrees f

A

a. 2 degrees f

24
Q

Which of the following is not a major greenhouse gas?

a. water vapor
b. carbon dioxide
c. methane
d. CFCS

25
Q

The least expensive form of carbon abatement ( putting less CO2 into the atmosphere) is

a. nuclear power
b. solar power
c. wind power
d. conservation

A

d. conservation

26
Q

Thanks to humans, the carbo dioxide in the atmosphere has

a. decreased by about 35%
b. increased by about 36%
c. doubled
d. reduced to 50% of its previous level

A

b. increased by about 36%

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