Brainrot 1
Milankovitch cycles are patterns related to the relationship between...
the atmosphere and the biosphere
During which eon did the Pleistocene occur?
Phanerozoic
Which of the following is a term that can be used interchangeably with "geosphere"?
- hydrosphere
- atmosphere
- cryosphere
- lithosphere
- pyrosphere
lithosphere
By summer of 2023, the global human population had reached about...
8 billion
Roughly how many years ago did humans start extracting and releasing fossil fuels into the environment?
200
The Laurentide Ice Sheet was located in modern day...
Canada
Climate is different from weather in that it...
is more stable
Which of the following is NOT a subsystem of the earth?
- pyrosphere
- biosphere
- atmosphere
- hydrosphere
- geosphere
pyrosphere
By around the year 2005, which country has surpassed the United States in annual carbon dioxide emissions?
China
The point of no return when changes in a climate system become irreversible is called the...
tipping point
All of the following are true concerning Eunice Newton Foote EXCEPT:
- She lived in the 1800s
- She was a woman's rights advocate
- She noted rises in Earth's temperature
- She studied carbon dioxide levels
- She was a British scientist
She was a British scientist
Which of the following is considered an international treaty, preventing the use of force in international relations:
- The NAFTA
- The Geneva Convention
- The Nuremberg Code
- The Charter of the UN
- The Kyoto Protocol
The Charter of the UN
All of the following are categories of investment for the Justice40 Initiative EXCEPT...
- workforce development
- oil fracking and refining
- affordable housing
- clean, efficient energy
- reducing legacy pollution
oil fracking and refining
All of the following are examples of humans utilizing fossil fuels to produce energy EXCEPT:
- Burning of coal to power steam machines
- Burning of coal for heat
- Nuclear power plants
Nuclear power plants
The successor to Alexander the Great's Empire was the...
Roman Empire
The first chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was...
Bert Bolin
The earth, water, air, and living organisms are considered...
Subsystems
Which of the following are the three components of the Triple Planetary Crisis
- Climate change, air pollution, and biodiversity loss
- Climate change, global warming, and sea level rise
- sea level rise, biodiversity loss, and global warming
Climate change, air pollution, and biodiversity loss
Cooler temperatures on the Northern Hemisphere in the late 1600s and early 1700s corresponded to a period of...
Low solar activity
Which of the following dates is used in the Social Science Resource Guide to mark the start of global European colonization?
- 1900
- 1500
- 1800
- 1700
- 1600
1500
Protests over the Keystone Dakota Access Pipeline were centered against this extractive resource:
Oil
According to the Social Science Resource Guide, which of the following helped stabilize food supplies in Europe in the 1800s
the introduction of North American staple crops, such as maize and potatoes
The date of 2250 BCE corresponds with which of the following?
- The start of the Late Holocene
- The end of the Early Holocene
- The emergence of the Mesopotamian civilization
- The younger Dryas period
The start of the Late Holocene
A rapid increase in deforestation occurred under the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro from the state of...
Brazil
Which of the following individuals was the one of the first to argue that atmospheric water vapor and carbon dioxide could interact with solar rays to increase the earth's temperature?
- J.R McNeill
- Eunice Newton Foote
- Eugene F. Stoermer
Eunice Newton Foote