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PHY1020 - Chapter 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Higher carbon dioxide levels than we have now were last seen about: | "2" million years ago (20( |
| The country that produces the most carbon dioxide each year is: | China |
| The country that produces the carbon dioxide per person every year is: | United States |
| The greenhouse effect currently warms the Earth by approximately (careful: this may be a trick question:) | 35 degrees Fahrenheit |
| Which fossil fuel produces the most CO2 per pound, when burned? | Coal |
| Converting coal to oil is achieved with: | Fisher-Tropsch |
| Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased over the past 100 years by about: | 36% |
| Ice in Antarctica is: | Melting, contradicting global warming predictions |
| A treaty that was signed by the United States but not ratified by the Senate is: | Kyoto |
| According to the text, wind power is: | Rapidly growing, with wind turbines delivering twice the power they did four years agi |
| Clean coal: | Refers to coal used at a power plant with carbon capture and storage (CCS) |
| In France, nuclear power produces what percentage of the electricity? | 80% |
| In the United States, nuclear power produces what percentage of the electricity? | 20% |
| The organization that studies climate change is: | IPCC |
| Which of these years had the warmest worldwide climate? | 1998 |
| If the United States reduced CO2 emissions to those suggested by the Kyoto treaty, and the developing countries continued to increase theirs at the current (allowed) rate, then global warming would be delayed by about: | 3 years |
| The greenhouse effect involves atmospheric emission of: | IR |
| To be affordable without subsidy or carbon credits, the cost of a billion-watt solar plant must not be much more than: | $1 billion |
| The average temperature of the Earth (including the poles and the equator) is now about: | 57 degrees Fahrenheit |
| Which country produces the most greenhouse gas emission per GDP? | USA |
| A key of the Kyoto treaty is that it: | Set up a method to trade carbon credits |
| Cooling in the last big ice age, which ended at about 12,000 BC, was approximately: | 11 degrees Fahrenheit |
| Cooling during the Little Ice Age (AD 1350 to 1850) was approximately: | 2 degrees Fahrenheit |
| Which of the following is NOT a major greenhouse gas? | CFCs (such as Freon) |
| The least expensive form of carbon abatement (putting less CO2 into the atmosphere) is: | Conservation |
| Thanks to humans, the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has: | Doubled |
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