Comprehension Test
Climate Change
Barnaby Newbolt
1 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
a A change in the Earth’s orbit can start or finish an ice age.
b People can never change the Earth’s climate.
c Methane and carbon dioxide are greenhouse gases.
d Ice is now melting in glaciers in different parts of the world.
e Monsoon rains will be shorter and less heavy in the future.
f Climate change from outside the Earth happens quickly.
g The sea level on Earth is already rising.
h Climate change is a serious problem for polar bears.
i Countries like
j The
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2 When did it happen? 1883, 1958, 1992, 2003, 2006
a The first inhabited island went under the sea in …………………
b Krakatoa erupted and began to change the climate in …………………
c There was a serious heat wave in
d The United Nations had the Earth Summit in
e Charles Keeling began to measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in …………………
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3 Extreme weather events. What do these words mean? Match a number from A with a letter from B.
A B
1 A drought is when . . . a there is very hot weather for a long time.
2 A flood is when . . . b there are very strong winds.
3 A heat wave is when . . . c there is very heavy rain.
4 A hurricane is when . . . d there is no rain for a long time.
5 A monsoon is when . . . e there is too much water on the land.
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4 From which place . . . ? Match a number from A with a letter from B.
A B
1 The Gulf Stream brings water to Europe . . . a from Lake Chad in
2 Scientists study long pieces of ice . . . b from the seas near
3 95 per cent of the water has now gone . . . c from
4 A piece of ice as big as
5 80 per cent of the snow has gone . . . e from Antarctica and
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5 Climate change quiz. Can you answer these questions?
a What do we call the time when there is a lot of ice over much of the world? …………………
b What are the two most important gases in our atmosphere? …………………
c What did Joseph Fourier think the Earth’s atmosphere was like? …………………
d What will happen if the
e What is the name for how much carbon a person puts into the Earth’s atmosphere?…………………
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Multiple-choice Test
Climate Change
Barnaby Newbolt
Places
Choose the best answer.
1 In 1883 the volcano of _____ changed the Earth’s climate for more than a year.
a [ ] Mauna Loa b [ ]
2 _____ has a thick atmosphere and its temperature is about 460 °C.
a [ ] Mars b [ ] Venus c [ ] The Earth d [ ] The Sun
3 Charles Keeling measured carbon dioxide levels on a mountain in _____.
a [ ]
4 Scientists cut ice cores in _____ and measure carbon dioxide levels from long ago.
a [ ]
c [ ]
5 The snow and ice on
a [ ]
6 The
a [ ]
7 There is now a lot less _____ in the Sahel region of
a [ ] wind b [ ] oil c [ ] coal d [ ] rain
8 Louis Agassiz studied cuts in stones that he found in the _____.
a [ ] Andes b [ ] Alps c [ ] Himalayas d [ ]
9 A lot of the ice in _____ is melting and this could change the
a [ ] Greenland b [ ]
10 Lohachara in _____ was the first inhabited island to go under the sea.
a [ ] the
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People
Choose the best answer.
11 _____ helped to make a film about climate change called An Inconvenient Truth.
a [ ] President
12 The words ‘greenhouse effect’ come from the work of French scientist _____.
a [ ] Joseph Fourier b [ ] Stephen Pacal c [ ] Louis Agassiz d [ ] Robert Socolow
13 Svante Arrhenius was the first person to measure the effect of _____ on the climate.
a [ ] ice ages b [ ] volcanoes c [ ] carbon dioxide d [ ] the
14 In 2005 Anjali Krishnan had problems because of _____ in Mumbai.
a [ ] serious floods b [ ] a strong hurricane c [ ] a long drought d [ ] a big volcano
15 In
a [ ] famous b [ ] poor c [ ] younger d [ ] older
16 Louis Agassiz was the first person to think of _____.
a [ ] wind turbines b [ ] volcanoes c [ ] ice ages d [ ] carbon footprints
17 Milutin Milankovic measured the Earth’s _____.
a [ ] ice b [ ] climate c [ ] temperature d [ ] orbit
18 Paccala and Socolow think of _____ as fifteen small problems.
a [ ] serious disease b [ ] climate change c [ ] modern science d [ ] extreme weather
19 A person in the
a [ ] nineteen tonnes b [ ] nine tonnes c [ ] five tonnes d [ ] two tonnes
20 A person in
a [ ] five tonnes b [ ] two tonnes c [ ] one tonne d [ ] half a tonne
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Facts
Choose the best answer.
21 For the very first time in history _____ are changing the Earth’s climate.
a [ ] animals b [ ] people c [ ] volcanoes d [ ] the sun and moon
22 The two most important gases in the atmosphere are _____.
a [ ] carbon dioxide and nitrogen b [ ] carbon dioxide and oxygen
c [ ] nitrogen and oxygen d [ ] hydrogen and oxygen
23 Greenhouse gases like _____ and methane stop
heat escaping from the Earth.
a [ ] carbon dioxide b [ ] hydrogen c [ ] oxygen d [ ] nitrogen
24 The Gulf Stream brings _____ water to
a [ ] icy b [ ] cold c [ ] warm d [ ] fresh
25 Scientists have studied ice cores from snow that fell over _____ years ago.
a [ ] 800 b [ ] 8,000 c [ ] 80,000 d [ ] 800,000
26 Only three per cent of the water on Earth is _____.
a [ ] warm b [ ] frozen c [ ] fresh d [ ] salty
27 Lake Chad in
a [ ] five b [ ] twenty-five c [ ] fifty-five d [ ] ninety-five
28 In _____ half of the country is less than five metres above sea level.
a [ ]
29 In the next fifty years, scientists think we will lose thirty percent of our _____ population.
a [ ] elephant b [ ] polar bear c [ ] seal d [ ] butterfly
30 For many years _____ has put the most greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
a [ ]
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Vocabulary
Choose the best answer.
31 to become bigger or more
a [ ] produce b [ ] increase c [ ] reduce d [ ] adapt
32 a large area of water with land all round it
a [ ] region b [ ] space c [ ] river d [ ] lake
33 when something becomes liquid when it is warmer
a [ ] melt b [ ] freeze c [ ] shine d [ ] cover
34 a hard black substance from under the ground; people burn it for heat
a [ ] oil b [ ] coal c [ ] plant d [ ] gas
35 a mountain with a hole in the top which hot rocks, smoke and gas come out of
a [ ] hill b [ ] hurricane c [ ] turbine d [ ] volcano
36 how hot or cold something is
a [ ] energy b [ ] atmosphere c [ ] temperature d [ ] climate
37 a time of one hundred years
a [ ] decade b [ ] category c [ ] century d [ ] millennium,
38 to chase animals and kill them for food
a [ ] hunt b [ ] heat c [ ] feed d [ ] limit
39 to become hard and turn to ice because of the cold
a [ ] melt b [ ] freeze c [ ] heat d [ ] snow
40 a person who keeps animals or grows plants for food
a [ ] scientist b [ ] planter c [ ] farmer d [ ] keeper
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Events
Choose the best answer.
41 About 20,000 years ago _____ began.
a [ ] an ice age b [ ] a heat wave c [ ] the
42 Between 1300 and 1850 the climate of
a [ ] drier b [ ] wetter c [ ] hotter d [ ] colder
43 Charles Keeling began to measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in _____.
a [ ] 1858 b [ ] 1908 c [ ] 1958 d [ ] 2008
44 In
a [ ] monsoon b [ ] drought c [ ] hurricane d [ ] heat wave
45 In 2005 Hurricane Katrina killed 1,800 people in _____.
a [ ]
46 Hurricane _____ in 2005, was the strongest hurricane of them all.
a [ ] Catarina b [ ] Wilma c [ ] Kristina d [ ] George
47 In _____ the United Nations agreed to begin work on the problem of climate change with the World Meteorological Organization.
a [ ] 1950 b [ ] 1968 c [ ] 1975 d [ ] 1988
48 In the twentieth century the sea level rose by nearly _____ centimetres.
a [ ] two b [ ] six c [ ] twenty d [ ] ninety
49 In 1992 the UN had a meeting in
a [ ] Earth
50 In 1997 there was an important meeting about climate change in the Japanese city of _____.
a [ ]
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