Module 6 Quiz_ GPH 314_ Global Change
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Module 6 Quiz Due
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Questions
16
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Question 1
According to the IPCC, many plant species face the threat of extinction
under climate change since
they cannot survive under such high levels of CO
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their ability to naturally shift their geographic ranges will not be able to
keep up with the rate of climate change
Correct!
Correct!
Correct!
Correct!
All of these answers are true anticipated decreases in winds will decrease dispersal of plant seeds 0.5 / 0.5 pts
Question 2
Geoengineering dates back to at least 1908, when there was discussion
of CO
as a way to warm the atmosphere.
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True Correct!
Correct!
Correct!
Correct!
The graphic in the "Dr. Cool" article shows geoengineering dating
back as far as 1908, though it is possible (and likely) that it was
discussed or researched even longer ago than that.
False 0.5 / 0.5 pts
Question 3
The eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in 1991 increased the amount of aerosols in
the atmosphere, changing the amount of incoming radiation that reached
the surface, which caused a cooling of global temperatures for several
years.
True Correct!
Correct!
Correct!
Correct!
The volcanic eruption put so much ash into the sky it reached the jet
stream and spread globally, blocking enough solar radiation that
global temperatures were affected for several years. False 0.5 / 0.5 pts
Question 4
What are some of the challenges faced by globalization?
How to govern the global society to prevent economic disaster and
collapse.
All other choices are correct. Correct!
Correct!
Correct!
Correct!
Among the many challenges faced by an increasingly globalized
world are: inequality between those who are left behind by
globalization, governing the ever-changing global society, and
managing systemic risk as society becomes more intertwined
together.
Systemic risk will increase as our societies become more intertwined. It has a growing inequality associated with it. 0 / 0.5 pts
Question 5
Please choose the option that mot accurately describes the concept of
using scenarios to understand climate.
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In climate modeling, the introduction of various realistic events that can
cause a change to the climate.
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Removing variables from a climate model to establish a baseline. None of the other choices are correct. ou Answered
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By introducing different scenarios or events that can affect the
system, we can see how the climate is changed and this gives us
more information about that scenario.
Breaking global climate patterns down to a very small scale that can be
easily replicated and studied in a lab.
0.5 / 0.5 pts
Question 6
One reason that having skillful
models is important is that the additional
information allows us to ask more complex and interesting questions.
True Correct!
Correct!
Correct!
Correct!
The more skillful the model, the more information that it gives us that
we didn't know before. This can then lead us to ask more complex
questions leading to better information.
False 0.5 / 0.5 pts
Question 7
For the Northern Hemisphere, the period from 1983 to 2012 was
definitely the warmest 30-year period in the last 1400 years likely the coolest 30-year period in the last 500 years approximately the same temperature as most 30-year periods in the prior
500 years
likely the warmest 30-year period in the last 1400 years Correct!
Correct!
Correct!
Correct!
According to the IPCC Summary Report for PolicyMakers, this period
was the warmest 30-year period in the last 1400 years with medium
certainty.
0.5 / 0.5 pts
Question 8
Keith is a large proponent of geoengineering, and he notes no potential
negative outcomes of it.
True False Correct!
Correct!
Correct!
Correct!
David Keith recognizes many potential downsides (damaging the
ozone layer and prompting international tensions, for example) to
geoengineering, despite being such a large proponent of and having
so much involvement in it.
0.5 / 0.5 pts
Question 9
Which of the following is NOT true about geoengineering?
It is recommended as a supplement to mitigation, not a replacement for it. It aims to change the climate sytem on a large scale. It is divided into two types: carbon dioxide removal and solar radiation
management.
It has only been tested through computer model runs, never in the real
world.
Correct!
Correct!
Correct!
Correct!
It has been tested in the real world, as well as through computer
model runs.
All of these are true about geoengineering. 0.5 / 0.5 pts
Question 10
David Keith and his Harvard colleague's proposal for geoengineering uses
which of the following methods?
Blocking sunlight by setting up large, reflective surfaces on the tops of tall
buildings
Removing carbon dioxide from the air by installing industrial filters on
airplanes
Removing carbon dioxide from the air with a large vacuum Blocking sunlight with vapors released by a balloon Correct!
Correct!
Correct!
Correct!
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Question 11
According to the IPCC there are many mitigation pathways that could still
reduce warming to less than 2 deg. C above preindustrial levels.
True Correct!
Correct!
Correct!
Correct!
See discussion on p. 20 of the IPCC summary for policymakers.
False 0.5 / 0.5 pts
Question 12
The term "committed warming" refers to which of the following?
Future emissions are more important than natural variability in determining
future warming
Future climate will depend in part on past anthropogenic emissions Correct!
Correct!
Correct!
Correct!
According to the IPCC, future climate will depend on committed
warming caused by past anthropogenic emissions, as well as future
anthropogenic emissions and natural climate variability.
The warming caused by natural variability alone. The warming caused by biogenic emissions alone 0.5 / 0.5 pts
Question 13
What is true about globalization and the future?
Globalization is getting more complex. All other choices are correct. Correct!
Correct!
Correct!
Correct!
Globalization is getting more complex, migration will become
increasingly important to help run the economies of aging countries,
and the fragility of one place will affect others more quickly.
Migration will become more important as countries' need for workers at all
skill levels will increase.
Globalization has a growing fragility. What happens in one place very
quickly affects everything else.
0.5 / 0.5 pts
Question 14
Why can't global climate patterns be broken down into smaller and
smaller systems that can be easily studied and understood in a lab that
would be representative of the entire system?
Time-scale complexity Order of magnitude of the spatial scale is very large Sub-scale factors that can affect the system All other choices are correct Correct!
Correct!
Correct!
Correct!
Due to the time scale, order of magnitude of the spatial scale and
sub-scale factors, the system as a whole is just too complex to break
down into smaller systems. It must be studied as a whole system.
Complexity of the system as a whole 0.5 / 0.5 pts
Question 15
According to the IPCC, sea level rise is likely to increase to an equilibrium
level which will be reached in the next 100-200 years.
True False Correct!
Correct!
Correct!
Correct!
According to the IPCC, it is virtually certain that global mean sea level
rise will continue for many centuries beyond 2100, with the amount of
rise dependent on future emissions.
0.5 / 0.5 pts
Question 16
Since the 1970s, approximately what portion of the additional energy
stored in the climate system is in the oceans?
about 10% about 90% Correct!
Correct!
Correct!
Correct!
According to the IPCC report for policymakers, about 90% of the
extra energy stored in the climate system is in the oceans.
about half less than 1%
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Quiz Score: 7.5
out of 8