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The main source of this extra carbon dioxide is:
Fossil fuel combustion by humans
Volcanoes
Changes in human agricultural practices
Release from the oceans
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Question 3
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The global average temperature has risen over the past 150 years by:
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Recent sea level rise is due to:
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The main reason for the global average temperature rise over the past 150 years is:
The Earth has moved nearer the Sun.
Cloud cover has decreased.
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"Greenhouse” gases from human activities.

More water vapour in the atmosphere.

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Ice age cycles were initiated by:
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Transportation.
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Agriculture and land use.
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The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at its meeting in Paris in 2015
agreed that by 2100 the temperature rise above its pre-industrial should be kept to less than:
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In order to meet the UNFCCC 2.0 C target global emissions of CO2 (and other greenhouse
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Question 10
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The effect of global warming will be:
More heat waves and droughts
Increase in heavy rainfall events and flooding
Increasing sea levels
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