Climatic Change

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1. Around 100 years
2. Around 200 years
3. Around 300 years
4. Around 400 years

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1. A glacial period from 1450 to 1880
2. A period of extreme heat in the 19th century.
3. A period of moderate temperature in the 16th century.
4. A period of heavy rainfall in the 18th century.

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1. They were flooded due to heavy rainfall.
2. They were buried under thick ice sheets.
3. They were destroyed by wildfires.
4. They were abandoned due to extreme heat.

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1. It dried up completely.
2. It flooded several times.
3. It froze several times.
4. It became contaminated with toxic waste.

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1. The year 1816 when major parts of northern Europe and the USA did not experience summer season.
2. The year when the Little Ice Age ende
3. The year when global temperatures reached their peak.
4. The year when there was a record-breaking heat wave.

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1. About 0.3°C per 1000 years at global level.
2. About 1.5°C up to 1995.
3. About 0.5°C to 0.7°
4. About 0.2°C to 0.4°

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1. Highly irregular trend of rise in temperature ranging between 0.2°C to 0.4°C between 1860-1920
2. Consistent trend of rise of temperature of mean value of 0.4°C between 1921 and 1945
3. Oscillating trend of rise of temperature around 0.4°
4. Overall warming trend continued when temperature registered an upward rise by 0.2°

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1. The northern hemisphere.
2. The southern hemisphere.
3. Both the northern and southern hemispheres.
4. Neither the northern nor southern hemisphere.

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1. 0.5°C to 0.7°
2. 0.4°
3. 0.3°C per 1000 years.
4. 0.2°C to 0.4°

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1. It increased in the northern hemisphere.
2. It increased in the southern hemisphere.
3. It remained constant in both the northern and southern hemispheres.
4. It droppe

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1. The temperature will decrease by 2.9°
2. The temperature will increase by 2.9°
3. The temperature will remain the same.
4. The temperature will decrease by 1.5°

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1. Climatic changes and interactions among the components of the earth’s atmosphere system.
2. Short-term and long-term climatic changes.
3. Solar irradiance and sunspot cycles.
4. Ozone depletion and greenhouse gases.

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1. Atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, biosphere, and cryosphere.
2. Atmosphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere.
3. Water, air, land, animals, and plants.
4. Weather, climate, wind, air pressure, and humidity.

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1. Short-term climatic changes and long-term climatic changes.
2. Inside sources and outside sources.
3. Anthropogenic sources and extra-terrestrial sources.
4. Solar irradiance and sunspot cycles.

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1. Since the pre-industrial er
2. Since the mid-19th century.
3. Since the early 20th century.
4. Since the 1960s.

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1. Inside sources, outside sources, and anthropogenic sources.
2. Solar irradiance, sunspot cycles, and atmospheric dust hypothesis.
3. Anthropogenic sources, carbon dioxide hypothesis, and oceanic variation hypothesis.
4. Solar irradiance, extraterrestrial sources, and continental drift and pole wandering.

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1. Solar irradiance theory.
2. Carbon dioxide hypothesis.
3. Tectonic and topographic control theory.
4. Lunar phases theory.

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1. The amount of solar energy radiated from the sun’s outer surface.
2. The amount of energy radiated from the earth’s surface.
3. The amount of solar radiant energy received at the earth’s surface.
4. The amount of atmospheric dust and volcanic eruptions.

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1. Expansion and contraction of the sun’s core
2. Changes in solar radiation
3. Variation in sunspot activity
4. The consumption of solar energy by the sun itself

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1. Measurable climatic changes in terms of changes in temperature and precipitation
2. The onset of interglacial period
3. The extension of glaciers and their advances
4. The decrease in atmospheric temperature

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