STS 101
CLIMATE CHANGE
I. True or False. Write the Word TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if the statement is
incorrect. 20 pts.
TRUE1. Volcanic Eruptions are one of the causes of climate change.
TRUE2. Ocean Current is one of the natural causes of climate change.
TRUE3. Mount Tabora of Indonesia erupted in 1816 and is known to be the largest known
eruption in the entire history.
TRUE4. The eruptions of Mount Krakatau of Indonesia in 1883 and Mount Pinatubo of the
Philippines contributed to the cold years of the planet Earth.
TRUE5. Milankovitch Theory proposed the climatological changes involving eccentricity,
obliquity, and precession.
TRUE 6. Obliquity is an option of the tilt of the Earth's axis away from the orbital plane.
TRUE7. Precession is the variation in the orientation of Earth's rotational axis.
TRUE 8. Eccentricity is the shape of Earth’s orbit around the sun.
FALSE9. The Earth’s eccentricity is 0.016 and a 6.45 increase in insolation from July to
January.
TRUE10. Doubling the Carbon dioxide adds the temperature to 2 degrees Celsius to 3
degrees Celsius.
TRUE11. The burning of fuels (fossil fuels) contributed to climate change.
FALSE 12. Some changes in climate have no external trigger. The changes are interactions
within the climate system itself, often involving positive feedback and referred to as internal
variability.
TRUE13. Ocean currents are placed at the ocean surface and in deep water below 300
meters (984 feet). They can move water horizontally two and vertically and occur on both local
and global scales. The ocean has an interconnected current or circulation.
TRUE14. The greenhouse gases are natural gas; however, high levels of these gases
contributed to the greenhouse effect caused by human activities.
TRUE15. Climate change will pump the number of deaths from malnutrition and health stress
worldwide.
TRUE16. Ecosystems will be vulnerable to climate change, thus promoting wildlife extinction.
TRUE17. Rising sea levels may result in more floods and even loss of land areas.
TRUE18. Adverse effects on fish stocks because of increased temperature
TRUE19. Increased temperature may result in rampant coral bleaching.
TRUE20. Such climatological changes may threaten the livelihood of humanity
CLIMATE CHANGE
I. True or False. Write the Word TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if the statement is
incorrect. 20 pts.
TRUE1. Volcanic Eruptions are one of the causes of climate change.
TRUE2. Ocean Current is one of the natural causes of climate change.
TRUE3. Mount Tabora of Indonesia erupted in 1816 and is known to be the largest known
eruption in the entire history.
TRUE4. The eruptions of Mount Krakatau of Indonesia in 1883 and Mount Pinatubo of the
Philippines contributed to the cold years of the planet Earth.
TRUE5. Milankovitch Theory proposed the climatological changes involving eccentricity,
obliquity, and precession.
TRUE 6. Obliquity is an option of the tilt of the Earth's axis away from the orbital plane.
TRUE7. Precession is the variation in the orientation of Earth's rotational axis.
TRUE 8. Eccentricity is the shape of Earth’s orbit around the sun.
FALSE9. The Earth’s eccentricity is 0.016 and a 6.45 increase in insolation from July to
January.
TRUE10. Doubling the Carbon dioxide adds the temperature to 2 degrees Celsius to 3
degrees Celsius.
TRUE11. The burning of fuels (fossil fuels) contributed to climate change.
FALSE 12. Some changes in climate have no external trigger. The changes are interactions
within the climate system itself, often involving positive feedback and referred to as internal
variability.
TRUE13. Ocean currents are placed at the ocean surface and in deep water below 300
meters (984 feet). They can move water horizontally two and vertically and occur on both local
and global scales. The ocean has an interconnected current or circulation.
TRUE14. The greenhouse gases are natural gas; however, high levels of these gases
contributed to the greenhouse effect caused by human activities.
TRUE15. Climate change will pump the number of deaths from malnutrition and health stress
worldwide.
TRUE16. Ecosystems will be vulnerable to climate change, thus promoting wildlife extinction.
TRUE17. Rising sea levels may result in more floods and even loss of land areas.
TRUE18. Adverse effects on fish stocks because of increased temperature
TRUE19. Increased temperature may result in rampant coral bleaching.
TRUE20. Such climatological changes may threaten the livelihood of humanity
