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What is the primary cause of climate change?
What is the primary cause of climate change?
- Deforestation
- Industrial processes
- Natural weather patterns
- Increase in greenhouse gas emissions (correct)
How does deforestation contribute to climate change?
How does deforestation contribute to climate change?
- Leads to cooling of the atmosphere
- Has no impact on atmospheric carbon levels
- Increases the number of trees that can absorb CO2
- Reduces the number of trees that can absorb CO2 (correct)
What role do trees play in mitigating climate change?
What role do trees play in mitigating climate change?
- Act as carbon sinks by absorbing CO2 (correct)
- Contribute to the depletion of the ozone layer
- Release large amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere
- Have no impact on climate change
What are the primary greenhouse gases released by human activities?
What are the primary greenhouse gases released by human activities?
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What can result from competition for access to and control over fossil fuel resources?
What can result from competition for access to and control over fossil fuel resources?
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What poses challenges to the reliable production, distribution, and storage of energy?
What poses challenges to the reliable production, distribution, and storage of energy?
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What leaves a nation vulnerable to supply disruptions and inhibits the transition to a more sustainable energy mix?
What leaves a nation vulnerable to supply disruptions and inhibits the transition to a more sustainable energy mix?
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What tends to happen as demand outstrips supply?
What tends to happen as demand outstrips supply?
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What results from insufficient and unreliable energy supply?
What results from insufficient and unreliable energy supply?
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