ES 200 Final Exam Study Set || 100% Accurate Answers.
Eastern NC has the climate type named "Humid Subtropical" (True/False) correct answers True
The letters IPCC stand for "Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change". (True/False) correct
answers True
The elemental symbol for calcium is Ca. (True/False) correct answers True
The formula "CH4" is for the greenhouse gas methane. (True/False) correct answers True
Shells that grew in cold water have higher 18O/16O than shells growing in warm water.
(True/False) correct answers True
The "ice age" occurred during the Holocene epic. (True/False) correct answers False
When glaciers formed the CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere were low. (True/False) correct
answers True
A major cause of sea level rise is the water is expanding on warming. (True/False) correct
answers True
Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere absorb mostly visible light. (True/False) correct answers
False
Water vapor in the atmosphere absorbs more wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation than does
carbon dioxide. (True/False) correct answers True
,The downward flux (amount) of infrared radiation from the atmosphere is about twice as high as
incoming sunlight to the earth. (True/False) correct answers True
Incoming radiation to the earth is larger than the radiation being returned to space. The excess
energy is being stored mostly in the atmosphere. (True/False) correct answers False
A climate forcing agent always increases earth's temperature. (True/False) correct answers False
Sunspots are one type of climate forcing agent. (True/False) correct answers True
If an object has an albedo of 70%, then 70% of the incoming radiation is reflected. (True/False)
correct answers True
Climate feedback loops can increase or dampen the response to a forcing. (True/False) correct
answers True
Earth System Models (ESM) are the most complex of the climate models developed.
(True/False) correct answers True
Ensembles or groups of models are used to make predictions of future average global
temperatures. (True/False) correct answers True
In order to agree with observations of temperature, climate models must exclude the impacts of
greenhouse gases. (True/False) correct answers False
A representative concentration pathway (RCP) of 8.5 assumes higher concentrations of CO2
gases in the atmosphere by 2100 than and an RCP of 2.5. (True/False) correct answers True
Increases in carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and halocarbon gases have caused global
temperatures to rise by about 1 oC since 1750. (True/False) correct answers True
,Organic matter that decomposes under anaerobic conditions releases methane. (True/False)
correct answers True
The Keeling curve shows the increase in N2O over time. (True/False) correct answers False
The greenhouse gas with the largest Global Warming Potential (GWP) is carbon dioxide.
(True/False) correct answers False
About 90% of the water evaporated from the ocean returns to the ocean as rain without going
over land. (True/False) correct answers True
Groundwater holds most of the fresh water that humans use. (True/False) correct answers True
As climate warms, ocean temperatures will rise slower than those on land. (True/False) correct
answers True
NC temperature may rise 2-3 C by 2100. (True/False) correct answers True
Areas of land that are most susceptible to flooding are called flood plains. (True/False) correct
answers True
Cropland is the major way agricultural land is used globally today. (True/False) correct answers
False
Nitrous oxide gas can be produced through the process of denitrification. (True/False) correct
answers True
The urban heat island effect completely explains global temperature rises. (True/False) correct
answers False
, Increases in maximum temperature will cause crop yields of corn and soybeans to decline.
(True/False) correct answers True
Coal is the fuel used that produces the most electricity in the U.S. (True/False) correct answers
False - close call at this time
Natural gas is the fuel that releases the most CO2 into the atmosphere. (True/False) correct
answers False
Global warming will likely cause More hurricanes to occur. (True/False) correct answers False
Global warming will cause more intense (category 4 or 5) hurricanes to occur. (True/False)
correct answers True
The composition and productivity of ecosystems are:
a) affected by abiotic (climate, disturbance, topography, soils, storms, etc.) and biotic (number
and identity of species, trophic dynamics, pests and pathogens, etc.) factors
b) difficult to predict to due inter-annual variation in interacting abiotic and biotic factors
c) Neither a nor b
d) Both a and b correct answers d) Both a and b
Which of the following attributes of ecosystems is correct? Pick the best answer that applies.
Eastern NC has the climate type named "Humid Subtropical" (True/False) correct answers True
The letters IPCC stand for "Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change". (True/False) correct
answers True
The elemental symbol for calcium is Ca. (True/False) correct answers True
The formula "CH4" is for the greenhouse gas methane. (True/False) correct answers True
Shells that grew in cold water have higher 18O/16O than shells growing in warm water.
(True/False) correct answers True
The "ice age" occurred during the Holocene epic. (True/False) correct answers False
When glaciers formed the CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere were low. (True/False) correct
answers True
A major cause of sea level rise is the water is expanding on warming. (True/False) correct
answers True
Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere absorb mostly visible light. (True/False) correct answers
False
Water vapor in the atmosphere absorbs more wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation than does
carbon dioxide. (True/False) correct answers True
,The downward flux (amount) of infrared radiation from the atmosphere is about twice as high as
incoming sunlight to the earth. (True/False) correct answers True
Incoming radiation to the earth is larger than the radiation being returned to space. The excess
energy is being stored mostly in the atmosphere. (True/False) correct answers False
A climate forcing agent always increases earth's temperature. (True/False) correct answers False
Sunspots are one type of climate forcing agent. (True/False) correct answers True
If an object has an albedo of 70%, then 70% of the incoming radiation is reflected. (True/False)
correct answers True
Climate feedback loops can increase or dampen the response to a forcing. (True/False) correct
answers True
Earth System Models (ESM) are the most complex of the climate models developed.
(True/False) correct answers True
Ensembles or groups of models are used to make predictions of future average global
temperatures. (True/False) correct answers True
In order to agree with observations of temperature, climate models must exclude the impacts of
greenhouse gases. (True/False) correct answers False
A representative concentration pathway (RCP) of 8.5 assumes higher concentrations of CO2
gases in the atmosphere by 2100 than and an RCP of 2.5. (True/False) correct answers True
Increases in carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and halocarbon gases have caused global
temperatures to rise by about 1 oC since 1750. (True/False) correct answers True
,Organic matter that decomposes under anaerobic conditions releases methane. (True/False)
correct answers True
The Keeling curve shows the increase in N2O over time. (True/False) correct answers False
The greenhouse gas with the largest Global Warming Potential (GWP) is carbon dioxide.
(True/False) correct answers False
About 90% of the water evaporated from the ocean returns to the ocean as rain without going
over land. (True/False) correct answers True
Groundwater holds most of the fresh water that humans use. (True/False) correct answers True
As climate warms, ocean temperatures will rise slower than those on land. (True/False) correct
answers True
NC temperature may rise 2-3 C by 2100. (True/False) correct answers True
Areas of land that are most susceptible to flooding are called flood plains. (True/False) correct
answers True
Cropland is the major way agricultural land is used globally today. (True/False) correct answers
False
Nitrous oxide gas can be produced through the process of denitrification. (True/False) correct
answers True
The urban heat island effect completely explains global temperature rises. (True/False) correct
answers False
, Increases in maximum temperature will cause crop yields of corn and soybeans to decline.
(True/False) correct answers True
Coal is the fuel used that produces the most electricity in the U.S. (True/False) correct answers
False - close call at this time
Natural gas is the fuel that releases the most CO2 into the atmosphere. (True/False) correct
answers False
Global warming will likely cause More hurricanes to occur. (True/False) correct answers False
Global warming will cause more intense (category 4 or 5) hurricanes to occur. (True/False)
correct answers True
The composition and productivity of ecosystems are:
a) affected by abiotic (climate, disturbance, topography, soils, storms, etc.) and biotic (number
and identity of species, trophic dynamics, pests and pathogens, etc.) factors
b) difficult to predict to due inter-annual variation in interacting abiotic and biotic factors
c) Neither a nor b
d) Both a and b correct answers d) Both a and b
Which of the following attributes of ecosystems is correct? Pick the best answer that applies.
