Prerequisite Knowledge MS-1 Quiz March 23, 2015 By Please sign up for the course before taking this quiz. 1. Renewable energy has an overall positive impact on the environment by the Earth system’s renewable resources to engineer design solutions to our energy problems.1 True False 2. Since I don’t live on the coast, I don’t need to worry about sea level rise.1 True False 3. There is a correlation between climate change and changing weather patterns, such as extreme weather events, such as super hurricanes, drought, fires, and floods.1 True False 4. Humans are having a significant impact on the Earth’s systems, hydrosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere.1 True False 5. Wild fires are a natural occurrence in the biosphere and are not affected by climate change.1 True False 6. Scientists cannot gather evidence about past climates from fossil corals, ice core samples, and sediment facies.1 True False 7. The impacts of glacial retreat due to melting in the Arctic will have a ripple effect that will impact, humans, wildlife, and wild places.1 True False 8. Climate and weather are actually synonyms.1 True False 9. Seventy percent of the Earth’s surface is covered by water, therefore I don’t need to worry about water conservation; there will always be enough.1 True False 10. Climate change is occurring now.1 True False Vocabulary MS-1 Engage MS-1 Back to: Prerequisite Knowledge MS-1
