Trimester Test #01

Question 1

Enumerate the activities that increase greenhouse emissions.

Answer 1

• Cap-and-trade
• Carbon capture and storage
• Nuclear energy
• Geoengineering

Question 2

Enumerate the signs of global warming in the environment.

Answer 2

1. Melting of ice in the Arctic
2. Spreading of diseases
3. Drought
4. Flooding and super typhoons
5. Destruction of the natural habitat of animals
6. Rising acidity of the oceans
7. Air pollution and heat waves

Question 3

Who are the British scientists who travelled in 2009 for 73 days and 270 milks to measure the thickness of snow?

Answer 3

Pen Hadow, Martin Harley, and Ann Daniels

Question 4

Who is known to be the designer of Kyoto Protocol?

Answer 4

Valerie Cassey

Question 5

Who is the scientist whose projects on geoengineering caught the attention of the US Senate?

Answer 5

David Keith

Question 6

Who establish Green Camel Bell, an NGO in China hat aims to broaden awareness on environmental issues?

Answer 6

Zhao Zhong

Question 7

Who is the Russian scientist who recommended Russian government that they must eliminate the stored chemicals and pesticide in the country?

Answer 7

Olga Speranskaya

Question 8

What is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change?

Answer 8

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is an organization established on 1988 by scientist to conduct researches on problems caused by global warming.

Question 9

What is the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change?

Answer 9

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is a global effort to stabilize greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

Question 10

Enumerate locals laws related to climate change.

Answer 10

• The Article I on National Territory and II on General Provision of the Philippine Constitution
• Climate Change Act of 2009
• Biofuels Act of 2006
• Clean Air Act of 1999
• Philippine Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000

Question 11

Enumerate the indicators for globalization and Cold War?

Answer 11

• Main feature (integration vs. division)
• Gauge (speed vs. weight)
• Proponent (Joseph Schumpeter and Andy Grove vs. Karl Marx and John Maynard Keynes)
• Sport (100 m dash vs. sumo wrestling)
• Indicator (competitor vs. friend/enemy)
• Defense system (X-ray vs. radar)
• Structure