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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which of the following are impacts of climate change?
Sea level rise
More frequent extreme weather events
Spread of some infectious insect-borne diseases
Lengthen the growing season in certain regions
Greenhouse effect
- 2. Multiple Choice
Global warming can cause the glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica to melt resulting in
more extreme weather
a rise in sea level
an increase in the spread of infectious diseases
- 3. Multiple Choice
Sea level rise is the increase in the mean height of the sea’s surface between high tide and low tide, relative to land.
True
False
- 4. Multiple Choice
Check all the statements that explain why sea level rise is a threat:
Sea level rise will lead to the inundation of low-lying areas such as coastal cities, which constitutes two-thirds of the world’s capital cities. This will cause massive economic losses.
Sea level rise will lead to the inundation of low-lying small island nation states, which often do not have alternative areas with higher relief to house the remaining population.
Higher temperatures cause the melting of glaciers and causes water in seas and ocean to expand, thus increasing the sea level.
Sea level rise will lead to widespread destruction and damage to properties in the densely-populated cities.
- 5. Multiple Choice
2/3 of the world’s largest cities located in coastal areas are at risk when sea level rises.
True
False
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of the following are examples of extreme weather events?
Heat waves
Floods
Famine
Droughts
Tropical cyclones/hurricanes
- 7. Multiple Choice
Occurrence of extreme weather events has increased in the last few decades
True
False
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following explains why more frequent extreme weather events are occurring?
Believed to be due to high land and sea surface temperatures
There are greater amounts of water vapour in the atmosphere
There are greater latent heat in a warmer atmosphere
Greater differences in pressures causes wind to move quickly
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which of the following are examples of infectious insect-borne diseases?
Dengue fever
Malaria
Covid-19
Zika
- 10. Multiple Choice
Why is there rapid spread of infectious insect-borne diseases?
Increased temperatures around the world made it favourable for insects to thrive
Increased rainfall allows mosquitoes to grow in numbers in aquatic habitats
Covid-19
Regions with moderate temperatures such as Europe and North America are also facing insect-borne diseases now
- 11. Multiple Choice
Insect-borne diseases used to be confined to the topics.
True
False
- 12. Multiple Choice
Dengue fever was reported for the first time in the cool climatic areas of Nepal and Bhutan in 2004.
True
False
- 13. Multiple Choice
Higher global temperatures does bring about benefits.
True
False
- 14. Multiple Choice
Higher temperatures resulted in longer growing seasons of ________ in Canada.
Fruits
Soybeans
Rice
Potatoes
- 15. Multiple Choice
However, higher temperatures can also cause the fall in the production of _________ in Canada.
wheat grain
potatoes
fruits
soybeans
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