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GEOG 203 (DEPARTMENT OF Geography, Planning and Environment) FINAL
EXAM ACTUAL STUDY GUIDE SOLUTION QUESTIONS Concordia University




GEOG 203/4 A Canadian Environmental Issues
Winter 2023 Dr Pierre Deslauriers
Test on Climate Change. (worth 10% of total course mark)

VERSION 4 - Family names begin with letters S - Z

Name Concordia ID


Choose the most accurate option
Ideally, just put an ‘’x’’ mark next to your selected answer option OR use a
method of your choice which guarantees that your answer/choice is
CLEAR

TOTAL = 30 marks

1. Weather is a process while climate change is a
process
a. Short term, long term
b. Both are long term
c. Both are short term
d. Long term, short term

2. Which among the following referring to variation of the Earth’s orbit can be
applied to interpret and explain climate change ?
a. Milankovitch cycles
b. Wallerstein cycles
c. Kondratieff cycles
d. Kuznets cycles

3. Which among the following is the most accurate statement ?
a. Global warming increases the greenhouse effect
b. The greenhouse effect is the main cause of global warming
c. The greenhouse effect causes climate change
d. The amount of time that energy from solar radiation remains within
the Earth’s atmosphere depends on the greenhouse effect

4. Global warming addresses specifically
a. The changing average temperature on the Earth’s surface
b. Comparing climatic variations at different moments in time
c. Variations in the intensity of the greenhouse effect
d. A change in the climatic regime of an area over time

, GEOG 203 W-2021 Climate Change Test p. 2

5. The ‘’alarm level’ with respect to the threats posed by warming due to
GHGs emissions has been set at
a. 300 ppm of CO2 concentration in the Earth’s atmosphere
b. 400 ppm of CO2
c. 450 ppm of CO2
d. 530 ppm of CO2

6. A most likely figure with ref. to the current concentration of CO2 in the
Earth’s atmosphere is
a. About 350 ppm
b. It has now gone over 400 ppm
c. About 250 ppm
d. Greater than 500 ppm

7. Estimate of the warming of the Earth’s avg surface temperature during
(over) the 20th century was
a. 2 degrees C
b. 1 to 2 degrees
c. 0.6 degrees
d. 0.2 degrees

8. Which of the following makes reference to the life-cycle events of flora and
fauna … which may eventually be affected by climate change ?
a. Anthology
b. Phenology
c. Etymology
d. Typology

9. Which of the following specifically makes reference to ice environments ?
a. Nanosphere
b. Lithosphere
c. Hydrosphere
d. Cryosphere

10. It has been observed that in this region of northern Canada, the line
delimiting continuous permafrost has moved northward by 120 kms
a. Nunavut
b. The Yukon
c. James Bay area
d. Labrador

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