6.2 Climate change — causes and impacts

6.2 Climate change — causes and impacts Quiz

IB Environmental Systems and Societies HL: Quiz

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  1. 1. Which is a negative feedback loop?

    • A. Melting ice lowering albedo
    • B. Thawing permafrost releasing methane
    • C. More CO2 increasing plant growth that removes some CO2
    • D. Dying rainforest releasing carbon

  2. 2. (HL) Dendrochronology is the study of

    • A. ice cores
    • B. tree rings
    • C. pollen grains
    • D. sea levels

  3. 3. (HL) Hindcasting is used to

    • A. test a model against past data
    • B. predict next year's weather
    • C. measure CO2 in ice
    • D. count species

  4. 4. The Great Barrier Reef bleaches when

    • A. sea temperatures are unusually high for weeks
    • B. the water is too cold
    • C. UV is absorbed by ozone
    • D. tides are too high

  5. 5. (HL) A tipping cascade is

    • A. a single threshold
    • B. a chain of tipping points triggering each other
    • C. a negative feedback
    • D. a type of model

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