Lesson 3.1.4

3.1.4 In what ways can humans respond to climate change? Quiz: OCR Geography, Unit 5

20 questions

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The 20 questions

  1. Which process occurs when warming temperatures release trapped methane from thawing permafrost?

    • Positive feedback
    • Negative feedback
    • Carbon sequestration
    • Radiative equilibrium

  2. What do climate models primarily rely on to project future global temperature pathways?

    • Emission scenarios
    • Milankovitch cycles
    • Solar sunspot counts
    • Oceanic tide gauges

  3. Where is captured carbon dioxide typically injected during long-term geological carbon storage?

    • Surface reservoirs
    • Shallow aquifers
    • Active volcanoes
    • Depleted oilfields

  4. Which forestry strategy involves planting new trees on land that was not previously forested?

    • Afforestation
    • Deforestation
    • Reforestation
    • Forest degradation

  5. Which geoengineering proposal aims to reflect incoming solar radiation back into space?

    • Ocean fertilisation
    • Carbon capture storage
    • Solar radiation management
    • Afforestation scheme

  6. Which adaptation strategy involves constructing hard defences like sea walls to prevent coastal flooding?

    • Mitigate
    • Retreat
    • Protect
    • Accommodate

  7. Allowing coastal salt marshes to flood naturally while moving housing inland is an example of which strategy?

    • Managed retreat
    • Geoengineering mitigation
    • Urban accommodation
    • Hard protection

  8. Raising buildings on stilts to withstand elevated sea levels represents which coastal adaptation approach?

    • Retreat
    • Mitigate
    • Protect
    • Accommodate

  9. What ecological phenomenon occurs when coral reefs bleach due to prolonged ocean warming?

    • Nutrient enrichment
    • Thermal expansion
    • Ocean acidification
    • Symbiont expulsion

  10. Which factor primarily determines a population's vulnerability to extreme weather events caused by climate change?

    • Adaptive capacity
    • Solar irradiance
    • Tectonic stability
    • Geographic size

  11. Replacing coal-fired power stations with offshore wind farms is an example of which mitigation technique?

    • Fuel shifting
    • Solar geoengineering
    • Managed retreat
    • Energy conservation

  12. Installing high-performance insulation in residential homes is best categorised as which response?

    • Coastal protection
    • Energy efficiency
    • Carbon sequestration
    • Geoengineering

  13. What feature in sustainable urban design reduces the urban heat island effect while managing stormwater?

    • Carbon scrubbers
    • Green roofs
    • Seawalls
    • Desalination plants

  14. Thermal expansion of seawater directly contributes to which dynamic climate change impact?

    • Glacial advance
    • Ocean acidification
    • Sea level rise
    • Atmospheric pressure drop

  15. Increasing sea ice melt reduces planetary albedo, leading to further warming. What cycle is this?

    • Negative thermal loop
    • Ice-albedo feedback
    • Sinks-source equilibrium
    • Carbon-cycle feedback

  16. Which action specifically addresses the root causes of climate change rather than its impacts?

    • Reforestation
    • Flood plain mapping
    • Building seawalls
    • Drought-resistant crops

  17. What mitigation technology combines biomass combustion with underground carbon trapping to achieve negative emissions?

    • BECCS
    • HVDC
    • SRM
    • CAD

  18. A developing country facing water scarcity adopts drought-resistant crop strains. What type of measure is this?

    • Hard protection
    • Technological adaptation
    • Structural mitigation
    • Political geoengineering

  19. Which process acts as a negative feedback mechanism by absorbing excess atmospheric carbon dioxide?

    • Forest wildfire
    • Ice sheet melting
    • Permafrost thawing
    • Ocean carbon sink

  20. What is the main financial challenge facing lower-income nations implementing large-scale climate adaptation?

    • High capital costs
    • Overabundant technology
    • Excessive regulation
    • Lack of sunlight

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