KBC Questions and Quiz, Multiple Choice Questions and Answers
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Question: A global warming trend that disrupts the normal current flows in the North Atlantic will likely result in cooler conditions for which continent?
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Correct Answer The nations of western and central Europe experience relatively mild conditions for their latitudes due to the warmth brought in by the Gulf Stream. Any disruption of the Gulf Stream will reduce its temperate influence on western and central Europe, providing an example of regional cooling that will occur in a global warming trend.
Question: Melting ice in the Arctic will have a steady volume of cold freshwater coming into the North Atlantic will disrupt the flow of which well-known ocean current?
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Correct Answer The Gulf Stream is a warm ocean current that flows northeastward from the southeastern US coast towards western Europe. The intrusion of cold water from the melting Arctic ice cap may divert this current southward, disrupting its influence on Europe.
Question: Global warming will have an adverse effect on the polar ice caps. What is the most important reason why melting polar ice caps is such a major concern in the long term?
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Correct Answer Icebergs certainly pose a risk to shipping concerns, and reduced hunting ranges for polar bears and increased oil exploration are certainly ecological concerns. However, melting polar ice caps can raise the world's ocean level by several feet, inundating many island nations as well as some very heavily populated coastal areas on many continents.
Question: The increase in heat energy being retained by the planet will entail more frequent and stronger atmospheric disturbances. We should therefore see this type of storm become more common and/or more violent:
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Correct Answer Hurricanes, willy-willies, and typhoons are the names tropical cyclones are called in different parts of the world. All tropical cyclones are essentially heat engines that take in energy from the ocean's surface and dissipate that energy in the upper levels of the atmosphere. Global warming will generally tend to increase the frequency and/or the severity of tropical cyclones.
Question: Of the following peoples, who are *currently* being affected the most by increasing temperatures?
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Correct Answer Again, the clearest sign of long-term warming is being detected in the polar regions. This is especially true in the Arctic, where many indigenous peoples have built a way of life around the challenging frigid conditions. This way of life is now being affected. However, if trends continue, all peoples of the world will be affected by global warming.
Question: Where are some of the clearest, most early signs of a global warming phenomenon being observed?
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Correct Answer Temperatures around the Equator remain relatively stable, regardless of the time of year, and conditions there continue to be stable. However, it is at the poles where a long-term warming trend is being observed most clearly. In addition to weather observations, shrinking polar ice caps and anecdotal evidence from indigenous peoples of the Arctic point to unmistakable climate change.
Question: Which of these can possibly be causing the increase in temperatures being observed around the world?
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Correct Answer Scientists do not agree as to the reason behind the observed increase in temperatures. Many attribute the temperature increases to the pollution produced by our industries. However, some point to increasing solar activity as being responsible. As the saying goes, "the jury is still out" on this one.
Correct Answer This phrase is from the Bible: Deuteronomy viii.3. Also to be found in Matthew iv.4. The idea being that to live well man needs more than just material things. In the views of the Bible, faith and spiritual values are as necessary for a healthy and sane life as "bread".
Correct Answer There is another version of this proverb: "A hedge between keeps friendship green." Clear rules about what belongs to whom, may help to prevent quarrels that might spoil the good relations.
Question: If God had meant us to fly he would have given us...
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Correct Answer It's rather untypical of man to try and be satisfied with how things were when God created them. As Pascal said , most miseries that befall man are caused by his restlessness and his inability to 'sit still'. If humans had accepted the 'wisdom' of this proverb, there would have been no inventors, no Edisons and no Leonardos.
