{
  "id": "ac37f58d-a4d1-5d0c-8178-cf185b5af2f6",
  "slug": "topic-6-atmosphere",
  "title": "Topic 6: Atmosphere",
  "course": "IB ESS",
  "level": "SL",
  "topic": 6,
  "questionCount": 16,
  "page": "https://splycr.com/ib-ess/topic-6-atmosphere",
  "data": "https://splycr.com/library/topic-6-atmosphere.json",
  "play": "https://splycr.com/?set=ac37f58d-a4d1-5d0c-8178-cf185b5af2f6",
  "section": {
    "name": "Topic 6: Atmosphere and climate change",
    "page": "https://splycr.com/ib-ess/atmosphere-and-climate-change"
  },
  "source": {
    "name": "Biology by Bradford",
    "href": "https://biologybybradford.com"
  },
  "questions": [
    {
      "number": 1,
      "question": "Gases such as H₂O, CO₂, CH₄ and N₂O that absorb and re-emit infrared (longwave) radiation, warming the Earth?",
      "answer": "Greenhouse gases (GHGs)",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Ultraviolet (UV) radiation",
        "Enhanced greenhouse effect",
        "Stratospheric ozone layer"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 2,
      "question": "Natural process by which GHGs trap heat and keep the Earth warmer than it would otherwise be?",
      "answer": "Greenhouse effect",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Enhanced greenhouse effect",
        "Global warming",
        "Albedo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 3,
      "question": "Lowest layer of the atmosphere, where nearly all weather occurs and temperature falls with increasing height?",
      "answer": "Troposphere",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Mitigation",
        "Adaptation",
        "Albedo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 4,
      "question": "Intensification of the natural greenhouse effect by human emissions of CO₂, CH₄ and N₂O, trapping extra heat in the atmosphere?",
      "answer": "Enhanced greenhouse effect",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Greenhouse effect",
        "Global warming",
        "Albedo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 5,
      "question": "The fraction of incoming solar radiation reflected by a surface (e.g. ice reflects more than ocean)?",
      "answer": "Albedo",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Troposphere",
        "Adaptation",
        "Mitigation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 6,
      "question": "Rise in global mean temperature caused by enhanced greenhouse effect from anthropogenic GHG emissions?",
      "answer": "Global warming",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Greenhouse effect",
        "Montreal Protocol",
        "Carbon neutrality"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 7,
      "question": "Broad range of changes to Earth's climate system resulting from global warming?",
      "answer": "Climate change",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Montreal Protocol",
        "Global warming",
        "Carbon neutrality"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 8,
      "question": "Strategies to slow or stop the causes of climate change (e.g. reducing GHG emissions)?",
      "answer": "Mitigation",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Albedo",
        "Adaptation",
        "Troposphere"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 9,
      "question": "Strategies to manage the consequences of climate change (e.g. flood defences, drought-resistant crops)?",
      "answer": "Adaptation",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Troposphere",
        "Albedo",
        "Mitigation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 10,
      "question": "Reducing or ending reliance on fossil fuels by shifting to renewable energy sources?",
      "answer": "Decarbonization",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Adaptation",
        "Troposphere",
        "Montreal Protocol"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 11,
      "question": "State in which GHG emissions are balanced by removals so net emissions are zero?",
      "answer": "Carbon neutrality",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Climate change",
        "Greenhouse effect",
        "Montreal Protocol"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 12,
      "question": "1992 UN treaty, whose parties meet at annual Conferences of the Parties (COPs), aimed at stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations?",
      "answer": "UNFCCC",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Montreal Protocol",
        "Mitigation",
        "Carbon neutrality"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 13,
      "question": "1987 treaty successfully phasing out CFCs and other ozone-depleting substances?",
      "answer": "Montreal Protocol",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "UNFCCC",
        "Carbon neutrality",
        "Stratospheric ozone layer"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 14,
      "question": "Region about 15–35 km above Earth's surface where O₃ is concentrated, absorbing most incoming UVB and UVC?",
      "answer": "Stratospheric ozone layer",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Ultraviolet (UV) radiation",
        "Enhanced greenhouse effect",
        "Ozone-depleting substances (ODSs)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 15,
      "question": "Chemicals (e.g. CFCs) that break down ozone molecules in the stratosphere?",
      "answer": "Ozone-depleting substances (ODSs)",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Stratospheric ozone layer",
        "Ultraviolet (UV) radiation",
        "Enhanced greenhouse effect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 16,
      "question": "Short-wavelength, high-energy part of sunlight, largely absorbed high in the atmosphere, that damages DNA and causes skin cancer and cataracts?",
      "answer": "Ultraviolet (UV) radiation",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Enhanced greenhouse effect",
        "Stratospheric ozone layer",
        "Greenhouse gases (GHGs)"
      ]
    }
  ]
}