MODULE 3

Question 1

Carbon in the atmosphere is largely found in the form of the following, except:

CO
CO2
CH4
CFC

Answer 1

CO

Question 2

t or f: In an urban setting when there is little to no wind, variations in temperature are more felt in the night than day time.

Answer 2

T

Question 3

The following are sources of trace gases that accelerate the greenhouse effect, except:

Fossil fuel, croplands, aerosols, cars, refrigerators

Answer 3

croplands

Question 4

Ecological footprint measurement takes into account the following, except:

Forested Land Area, Ocean carbon absorption, carbon emissions of human activities, none of the choices

Answer 4

none of the choices

Question 5

The average global temperature has increased by 1.4 degrees since ____

Answer 5

1880

Question 6

the buildings blocks fo all organic compounds

Answer 6

carbon

Question 7

The four major earth systems

Answer 7

biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere

Question 8

T OR F; Before the Industrial
Era, circa 175 biospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration was 280 ± 10 ppm for several
thousand years.

Answer 8

false: should be atmospheric

Question 9

this is produced by burning fossil fuels

Answer 9

carbon dioxide

Question 10

byproduct of agriculture

Answer 10

methane

Question 11

from car exhaust

Answer 11

nitrogen oxides

Question 12

aerosol and refrigerators

Answer 12

CFC

Question 13

the warmest year in measured history for the past 12 years

Answer 13

1998

Question 14

the greenhouse gases that reached their highest levels that melt the arctic sea

Answer 14

carbon dioxide

and methane

Question 15

In the last century, the earth’s temperature has raised about____

Answer 15

0.036 – 0.042O Celsius

Question 16

t or f: Researchers report that temperature will increase 0.3O Celsius by the end
of the decade.

Answer 16

false; should be century

Question 17

In
the _____, carbon is found primarily in the form of bicarbonate ion (HCO3), which forms from the
dissolution of carbon dioxide in water. (carbonic acids to bicarbonate ion)

Answer 17

hydrosphere

Question 18

In the

______, carbon is found predominantly in molecules of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4).

Answer 18

atmosphere

Question 19

In the ______, large volumes of sedimentary and metamorphic rock are
composed of carbonate minerals making up carbonate rock (limestone, dolostone, and marble),

Answer 19

geosphere

Question 20

The______ introduced the method ecological footprint to measure biocapacity
or the productive area that can regenerate all the goods and services people demand from nature. In a
simplest term, this is use to quantify the human impact on the environment. T

Answer 20

Global Footprint Network (GFN)

Question 21

carbon

footprint can also be expressed as the amount in tons of _______

Answer 21

co2 emissions

Question 22

An urban heat island (UHI) is a metropolitan area that experience significantly ____temperature than
surrounding rural areas because of man-made activities.

Answer 22

warmer

Question 23

_______ are considered as sentinels of climate change (Adrian et al., 2009) and are therefore excellent
study ecosystems in order to better appreciate the impacts of climate change. The Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change and Millennium Ecosystem Assessment both recognize the threats lake
ecosystems face today.

Answer 23

lakes

Question 24

The carbon component of the
ecological footprint (carbon footprint) measures the _____that is required to absorb all the
______ from human activity in excess of what the ______ already absorb.

Answer 24

area of forestland, carbon emission, oceans