Practice Special Topic Envirothon Test- Adapting To Climate Change

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Practice Special Topic Test for the 2022-2023 Virginia Dominion Energy Envirothon Program; Visit https://vaswcd.org/additional-study-resources for more study resources. You will be able to see the correct answers after submitting your test. A copy of your test will be emailed to you.

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Which of the following are key greenhouse gases. Select all that apply.

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Carbon Dioxide

Chlorofluorocarbons

Methane

Nitrogen

Which of the following international treaties is responsible for the 1987 phasing out of ozone depleting substances?

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The Paris Agreement

Kyoto Protocol

Montreal Protocol

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True or false, colder parts of the ocean are able to absorb more carbon dioxide than warmer parts?

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True

False

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True or false, biomass as an energy source has no climate impact?

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True

False

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All of the following are ways that powerplants reduce air pollution emissions EXCEPT:

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"bag houses" to filter and trap particulates

Electrostatic precipitators

Conversion of particulates to hydroelectric

Wet and dry scrubbers

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Match the terms with the correct definition:

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Greenhouse Effect

Climate Change

Climate Threshold

Global Warming

Rapid and irreversible change in a ecosystem

Long term changes in the Earth's climate or region on Earth

Increase of the Earth's average surface temperature from human made green house gas emissions

The Trapping of greenhouse gases that trap heat from the sun inside the atmosphere

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Which are expected climate change impacts to marine ecosystems? Select all that apply

Changed timing of phytoplankton blooms

corrosion of exoskeletons and shells

what is the most abundant greenhouse gas in the atmosphere?

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The ___ regulates air pollutant emissions from most power plants and is regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency.

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Air Pollution Control Act

Clean Air Act

Office of Air and Radiation (OAR)

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True or False. Climate Models, or General Circulation Models, are tested through a process called hind-casting?

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True

False

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Which of the following sectors is responsible for the largest green house gas emissions

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Industry

Energy

Waste

Agriculture, Forestry, & Land Use

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____ occurs when natural gas is produced at oil wells but is not economical to transport for sale or contains high concentrations of hydrogen sulfide (a toxic gas), it is burned at well sites

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Flaring

Flaming

Extinguishing

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Which of the following are examples of methods to analyze greenhouse gas concentrations and temperature from the Earth's past?

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Studying air bubbles trapped in ice

Chemical analysis of ancient shells and fossils

Studying plant material buried in sediment layers

All of the above

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What is Arctic Oscillation?

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back-and-forth shifting of atmospheric pressure between the Arctic and the mid-latitudes of the North Pacific and North Atlantic.

the mid-latitude jet stream that steers storms southward, increasing cold air outbreaks in the mid-atlantic

Areas of the Earth's arctic region that are the exception to global warming.

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True or False, carbon dioxide only comes from human activities.

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True

False

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Which is NOT a viable solutions to protecting and mitigating risk for coastal communities and landscapes?

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A- Vertical and horizontal setback zoning limitations

B- Policy prohibiting any construction above the mean high-tide line

C- Building erosion control structures when appropriate

D- Ban on any increases of habitable surface area for buildings in designated no-construction zones

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What is the solar radiation that bounces off the Earth back toward the atmosphere? (Hint it is mostly with a longer wavelength).

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gamma radiation

x-ray radiation

infrared radiation

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What is the layer of the atmosphere that is closest to Earth?

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stratosphere

exosphere

troposphere

mesosphere

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