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Climate Change (Cambridge (CIE) IGCSE Environmental Management): Exam Questions

Exam code: 0680

15 mins6 questions
1
5 marks

Table 5.2 shows the global production of carbon dioxide from manufacturing cement from 1980 to 2020.

Table 5.2

year

global production of carbon dioxide from manufacturing cement / thousand million tonnes

1980

400

1990

480

2000

700

2010

1240

2020

1600

Source: Hannah Ritchie, Pablo Rosado and Max Roser (2023), 'CO2 and Greenhouse Gas Emissions', OurWorldInData.org, CC BY 4.0

Use Table 5.2 to plot a line graph on the grid to show the global production of carbon dioxide from manufacturing cement from 1980 to 2020.

Blank rectangular graph grid with heavier lines at regular intervals, provided for plotting the data; it has no axis labels, scale or plotted points.

Draw a straight line between each plotted point.

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2
3 marks

Scientists predict that the mean global temperature will increase.

One group of scientists predicts that the mean global temperature in 2033 will increase by 1.5 °C and that the mean global temperature in 2100 will increase by 5.4 °C.

Calculate the mean annual increase in global temperature between 2033 and 2100.

Give your answer to two significant figures.

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3
2 marks

Scientists predict that the mean global temperature will increase.

Most scientists predict global temperature change as a range of values.

Suggest two reasons why a range of temperatures is predicted and not an actual value.

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4
2 marks

A scientist wants to predict the global production of carbon dioxide from manufacturing cement in 2040.

The scientist states:

"700 thousand million tonnes of carbon dioxide were produced in 2000.

1600 thousand million tonnes of carbon dioxide were produced in 2020."

The scientist uses this data to predict there will be 2300 thousand million tonnes of carbon dioxide produced in 2040.

Suggest two reasons why this prediction may not be the actual value of carbon dioxide produced in 2040.

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5
1 mark

Increased carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere contribute to climate change.

One strategy for managing the impacts of climate change is climate change adaptation.

State what is meant by climate change adaptation.

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6
2 marks

Increased carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere contribute to climate change.

One strategy for managing the impacts of climate change is climate change adaptation.

Describe two examples of climate change adaptation.

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