CIV0221 – Geology for Civil Engieers

Civil Engineering Department

TOPIC: Climate Change

QUIZ
1. It changes very slowly and take place on the scale of tens, 16. How much did the Earth’s temperature increased in the past 100
hundreds and thousands of years. years?
a. Weather c. Water Temperature a. 1-degree Fahrenheit c. 1-degree Kelvin
b. Climate d. Air Humidity b. 1-degree Celsius d. it did not increase
2. What is it called when you combine all the climates in the world 17. The role of ___________ is to design and adapt our buildings so
together? that they can deal with more extreme weather as increased
a. World’s Climate c. Intercontinental Climate temperatures changes in rainfall, drastic flooding, severe wind and
b. Earth’s Climate d. International Climate freeze and hot waves.
3. It may cause weather patterns to be less predictable. It is the long- a. Chemical Engineer
term alteration of temperature and typical weather patterns in a b. Mechanical Engineer
place. c. Civil Engineer
a. Weather Change c. Climate Shift d. Electrical Engineer
b. Climate Change d. Weather shift 18. What is the leading cause of deterioration in concrete?
4. Pick at least two damaging weather events that’s an impact of a. Erosion c. Oxidation
climate change. b. Corrosion d. Rusting
a. Flooding c. Unpredictable Rains 19. Civil Engineers should be able to highly anticipate, mitigate, and
b. Gravity alteration d. Earthquake adapt on the impacts of climate change.
5. Among the choices below which is not a major greenhouse gas? a. Always False c. Sometimes False
a. O2 c. CO2 b. Always True d. Sometimes True
b. CH4 d. N2O 20. The human influenced climate change that is happening now to
6. Which is not a source of Greenhouse gases? occur at a _______ rate.
a. Plants c. Urbanization a. Much Faster c. Usual
b. Industrial Revolution d. GHGs b. Much Slower d. Gradual
7. Which is a major Greenhouse gas? 21. The amount of potential forthcoming of global warming is closely
a. N2O c. O related to cumulative _________ emissions.
b. O2 d. Zn a. C c. O2
8. Who stated that it is necessary for civil engineers to adapt to b. CO2 d. N2
ongoing changes and start to consider these problems on each level 22. The relative ________ of the concrete may lead to corrosion of the
of design and construction? steel reinforcement bars and structural damage of failure of the
a. Michael Kuba construction.
b. Mikael Kuba a. pH c. Humidity
c. Michal Cuba b. Temperature d. Pressure
d. Mikael Cuba 23. The increase of _______ causes the lifetime of the structures
9. What are the primary tools that climate scientists use to make decreases, together with safety, serviceability and durability, and
quantitative projections of future global and regional climate? increase the economic cost of the structure and maintenance.
a. Graphical Climate Model a. Temperature c. pH
b. Global Climate Model b. Humidity d. Pressure
c. Climate Global Model 24. Which of these human activities does not contributed to the CO2
d. Model of the Global Climate present in the atmosphere?
10. The increase of temperature causes the material to ________. a. Urbanization c. Factories
While, the decrease in temperature causes it to ________. b. Deforestation d. None
a. Expand, Contract 25. Warming of Earth's climate has caused some snow and ice to melt.
b. Contract, Expand That leads to?
c. Harden, Melt a. Tectonic plate shift c. Formation of volcanoes
d. Constrict, Elongate b. Ocean Rising d. Formation of islands
11. As the temperature rises, the kinetic energy ________making a 26. The break of the berg from Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf takes place
material’s atoms move further and take up more space. Making the due to _______.
material expand. On the other hand, when the temperature drops. a. Increase in Temperature c. Decrease in
The kinetic energy _________ and the material contracts. Temperature
a. Decreases, decreases b. Gravity of the Earth d. None of the Above
b. Increases, increases 27. How can corrosion in the concrete be reduced? Choose 2.
c. Increases, decreases a. Using sufficient Concrete Covers
d. Decreases, increases b. Using crack-free concrete with low permeability
12. What cause the amount of greenhouse gases present in the c. Using crack-free concrete with high permeability
atmosphere to drastically increase? Pick two. d. None of the above
a. Farming 28. Human activity has increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
b. Fishing since the __________, leading to more heat retention and an
c. Human Intervention increase in surface temperatures.
d. Industrial Revolution a. Dark ages
13. Listed below are the main sources of carbon dioxide in the b. Industrial Revolution
atmosphere. Which of them does not contribute to the carbon c. WW2
dioxide in the air? d. No records
a. Burning of fossil fuels 29. It alters climate by scattering and absorbing solar and infrared
b. Livestock farming radiation and they may also change the microphysical and
c. Plantations chemical properties of clouds.
d. Petroleum a. Ions
14. It is characterized as the rise in the planet's temperature. b. Atmospheric Aerosols
a. Continental drift c. Ozone
b. Volcanic eruption d. Dust
c. Global warming 30. Due to climate change unexpected weather patterns can make it
d. Wildfire difficult to maintain and grow crops in regions that rely on farming
15. It is the term used for gases that trap heat from the sun’s rays because of? Choose two.
inside the atmosphere causing Earth’s average temperature to rise. a. Pests emerging
a. Noble Gases c. Volcanic gas b. Unexpected rainfall levels
b. Greenhouse gases d. Hydrogen gas c. Unexpected temperature changes.
d. Insufficient supply

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