Ess Quiz & Test Questions 2023/ 220
Questions and Answers/ Verified/Graded A+
The value of the ecosystem services is at least... - -33 trillion per year
-Prior to what is now known as the Anthropocene and going back approximately
420,000 years, CO2 concentrations in Earth's atmosphere never appeared to have
exceeded... - -280 ppm
-Which of the following best describes James Lovelock's Gaia hypothesis? - -
Interactions between living and non-living components of earth are responsible for
maintaining out atmosphere in a habitable state
-The Keeling Curve provides data on the... - -continuous monitoring of CO2 in the
atmosphere from 1958 to present
-All of the following were critical moments in the development of Earth System Science
except: - -The Afghan War
-Which of the following best describes ESS as a discipline? - -The integrative study of
the Earth's structure and function using principles from chemistry, biology, sociology,
mathematics and social sciences
-Which of the following best represent renewable resources? - -Geothermal energy,
wave energy, wind energy, solar energy
-Data from the Vostock Ice Cores and that from modern monitoring experiments
indicate that concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is - -positively related to changes
in global temperature
,-The Vostock Ice Core provides us with information on - -the composition of Earth's
atmosphere for approximately 420,000 years up to 1950
-The name "Earth System Science" was coined by - -NASA in 1983
-The diagram below indicate that in 2004 ________ of marine resources were
cumulatively crashed, over-exploited or fully exploited - -100%
-Air pollution is linked to the death of at least ________ people per year - -3,000,000
-Atmospheric CO2 concentrations from 1958-present - -Keeling Curve
-The diagram below indicate that in 1950 __________________ of marine
resources were cumulatively crashed, over-exploited, or fully exploited - -10%
-Crude oil, natural gas, coal, copper, fresh water and soil are all ________ - -non-
renewable in the span of a generation
-A business-as-usual scenario for greenhouse gas release is projected to cause between
________ in average global temperatures by 2100. - -2-6 degrees Celsius increase
-Fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas provides ___________ of energy used in
industrialized countries - -80%
-About ________ of the world population live in areas where water demand is
significantly higher than water supply - -40%
-Vostock Ice Core data - -Atmospheric composition back 420,000 years BP
-Conceptual model of Earth as a system involving interactions between living and non-
living things and modifications by human activity - -The Earth System
Geosphere and Anthroposphere Graph
, -A reservoir is a "sink" if - -Flux out < Flux in
-Which of the following reservoirs has the longest residence time for the matter it
contains - -A reservoir size of 15,300 km^3 with flux-out of 2km^3/year
-From the following hydrologic cycle, which reservoir has the largest quantity of water -
-oceans
-In a negative feedback loop, the output usually has _________ effect on the input - -
Neutralizing
-From the following representation of the carbon cycle, the largest reservoir is located
in the ____________ and carbon in the atmosphere has a residence time of
________ years based on outflow from ocean-atmosphere exchange and GPP - -
geosphere; 3.5
-The largest reservoir of nitrogen on Earth is located in the ______________ while
that for carbon and water is located in the _____________, respectively - -
atmosphere
sedimentary rocks and oceans
-From the following biogeochemcial cycle globally, rivers and lakes
contain____________ km^3 water with an average residence time of approximately
_______ years due to outflow from runoff and extraction - -178000; 4
-The figure below is showing a ___________ feedback loop based on __________
effects of a climate - -positive; warming
-Data from the Vostock ice cores and that from modern monitoring experiments
indicate that the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is - -positively related to
changes in global temperature
Questions and Answers/ Verified/Graded A+
The value of the ecosystem services is at least... - -33 trillion per year
-Prior to what is now known as the Anthropocene and going back approximately
420,000 years, CO2 concentrations in Earth's atmosphere never appeared to have
exceeded... - -280 ppm
-Which of the following best describes James Lovelock's Gaia hypothesis? - -
Interactions between living and non-living components of earth are responsible for
maintaining out atmosphere in a habitable state
-The Keeling Curve provides data on the... - -continuous monitoring of CO2 in the
atmosphere from 1958 to present
-All of the following were critical moments in the development of Earth System Science
except: - -The Afghan War
-Which of the following best describes ESS as a discipline? - -The integrative study of
the Earth's structure and function using principles from chemistry, biology, sociology,
mathematics and social sciences
-Which of the following best represent renewable resources? - -Geothermal energy,
wave energy, wind energy, solar energy
-Data from the Vostock Ice Cores and that from modern monitoring experiments
indicate that concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is - -positively related to changes
in global temperature
,-The Vostock Ice Core provides us with information on - -the composition of Earth's
atmosphere for approximately 420,000 years up to 1950
-The name "Earth System Science" was coined by - -NASA in 1983
-The diagram below indicate that in 2004 ________ of marine resources were
cumulatively crashed, over-exploited or fully exploited - -100%
-Air pollution is linked to the death of at least ________ people per year - -3,000,000
-Atmospheric CO2 concentrations from 1958-present - -Keeling Curve
-The diagram below indicate that in 1950 __________________ of marine
resources were cumulatively crashed, over-exploited, or fully exploited - -10%
-Crude oil, natural gas, coal, copper, fresh water and soil are all ________ - -non-
renewable in the span of a generation
-A business-as-usual scenario for greenhouse gas release is projected to cause between
________ in average global temperatures by 2100. - -2-6 degrees Celsius increase
-Fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas provides ___________ of energy used in
industrialized countries - -80%
-About ________ of the world population live in areas where water demand is
significantly higher than water supply - -40%
-Vostock Ice Core data - -Atmospheric composition back 420,000 years BP
-Conceptual model of Earth as a system involving interactions between living and non-
living things and modifications by human activity - -The Earth System
Geosphere and Anthroposphere Graph
, -A reservoir is a "sink" if - -Flux out < Flux in
-Which of the following reservoirs has the longest residence time for the matter it
contains - -A reservoir size of 15,300 km^3 with flux-out of 2km^3/year
-From the following hydrologic cycle, which reservoir has the largest quantity of water -
-oceans
-In a negative feedback loop, the output usually has _________ effect on the input - -
Neutralizing
-From the following representation of the carbon cycle, the largest reservoir is located
in the ____________ and carbon in the atmosphere has a residence time of
________ years based on outflow from ocean-atmosphere exchange and GPP - -
geosphere; 3.5
-The largest reservoir of nitrogen on Earth is located in the ______________ while
that for carbon and water is located in the _____________, respectively - -
atmosphere
sedimentary rocks and oceans
-From the following biogeochemcial cycle globally, rivers and lakes
contain____________ km^3 water with an average residence time of approximately
_______ years due to outflow from runoff and extraction - -178000; 4
-The figure below is showing a ___________ feedback loop based on __________
effects of a climate - -positive; warming
-Data from the Vostock ice cores and that from modern monitoring experiments
indicate that the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is - -positively related to
changes in global temperature
