Soc Sci S3 Dates/Numbers

Question 1

A nuclear testing happening when resulted in traces of plutonium - 239

Answer 1

1950s

Question 2

When did Paul Crutzen and Eugene Stoermer first use the term “Anthropocene”

Answer 2

2000

Question 3

What century did Paul Crutzen and Eugene Stoermer propose as a starting date of the Anthropocene

Answer 3

18th century

Question 4

In what year did the Anthropocene Working Group (AWG) vote in favor of treating the Anthropocene as a formal geological epoch beginning in the mid-twentieth century

Answer 4

2019

Question 5

What century did the AWG vote in favor of for the Anthropocene to start

Answer 5

mid-20th century

Question 6

The AWG states that the list of phenomena associated with the Anthropocene will last for at least

Answer 6

thousands of years

Question 7

The Holocene is nestled between how many ice ages

Answer 7

2

Question 8

A study of temperature variability over the past how many years shows the largest warming trends

Answer 8

over the past 2000 years

Question 9

The largest warming trends occurred since the

Answer 9

middle of the 20th century

Question 10

During LIA, global temperatures were coolers from around when on average

Answer 10

1300 - 1850

Question 11

Century when the Industrial Revolution began

Answer 11

Late 18th century

Question 12

Into what century did the Industrial Revolution flourish into

Answer 12

19th century

Question 13

Time period of Charles Dickens life

Answer 13

1812 - 70

Question 14

When was “ A Christmas Carol” published

Answer 14

1843

Question 15

When was “Oliver Twist” published

Answer 15

1837-39

Question 16

What time period do some scholars argue as being foundational to the Anthropocene

Answer 16

1800-1850

Question 17

Year that marked the start of the technology that has resulted in large greenhouse gas emissions

Answer 17

1800

Question 18

Around when did the scale of human activities that altered the Earth System begin to increase

Answer 18

1950

Question 19

The beginning date of the “Great Acceleration”

Answer 19

1950

Question 20

What was the human population in 1780

Answer 20

less than a billion

Question 21

When was the human population less than a billion

Answer 21

1780, around the start of the Industrial Revolution

Question 22

What was the human population 1930

Answer 22

Around 2 billion

Question 23

When did the human population nearly double to around 2 billion

Answer 23

1930

Question 24

What was the human population now

Answer 24

More than 8 billion

Question 25

The decades since when are unique in human history in terms of how quickly and how greatly people have transformed the natural world

Answer 25

1950

Question 26

Since what century have humans interacted with the planet on a scale that has never been seen before

Answer 26

mid-20th century

Question 27

The troposphere is how many miles thick

Answer 27

about 7 miles

Question 28

Life span of Eunice Newton Foote

Answer 28

1819-88

Question 29

In what century was coal burned to power steam machines

Answer 29

19th century

Question 30

In what centuries has coal continued to be used to power electric plants, petroleum, and to power machines

Answer 30

20th and 21st centuries

Question 31

In what centuries did the West industrialize and create cities and transportation system that required a lot of fossil fuels to maintain

Answer 31

19th and 20th centuries

Question 32

When was the US the top producer and consumer of oil

Answer 32

early 2020s

Question 33

When was oil discovered by Europeans

Answer 33

shortly after WWI

Question 34

The history of oil in what century is intertwined with the history of European colonialism and imperialism

Answer 34

20th century

Question 35

When was oil discovered In the Iraqi city of Kirkuk

Answer 35

1927

Question 36

The economic obstacles to address climate change today have continued since

Answer 36

the earlier centuries of the Industrial Revolution

Question 37

The United Nations reports that fossil fuels comprise over what percentage of global greenhouse gas emissions

Answer 37

over 75%

Question 38

The United Nations reports that fossil fuels comprise what percentage of carbon dioxide emissions

Answer 38

almost 90%

Question 39

When in the US did methane and nitrous oxide combine for less than 20% of greenhouse gas emission while the burning of fossil fuels contributed over 72% of greenhouse gas emissions

Answer 39

2020

Question 40

In the UA in 2020, what percentage of greenhouse gas emission is equal to methane and nitrous oxide combined

Answer 40

Less than 20%

Question 41

Fossil fuels in the US in 2020 contributed how much to greenhouse gas emissions

Answer 41

Over 72%

Question 42

When did Europeans spread out and create colonies that extracted valuable natural resources

Answer 42

Around 1500

Question 43

When did industrialization start

Answer 43

Around 1800

Question 44

The US cut its greenhouse gas emissions from higher levels in

Answer 44

the early 2000s

Question 45

India has moved up to which place in the world's leading carbon dioxide emitter

Answer 45

4th place

Question 46

How does China's per capita carbon dioxide emissions compare to the US's

Answer 46

China emits half as much

Question 47

How does India's per capita carbon dioxide emissions compare to the US's

Answer 47

India emits less than one-seventh compared to the US's

Question 48

Since when does China produce about a quarter of the cumulative amount of CO2 emissions of Western nations

Answer 48

1750

Question 49

How much of the cumulative amount of CO2 emissions of Western nations did China produce since 1750

Answer 49

about a quarter

Question 50

How many components are there of the triple planetary crisis

Answer 50

3

Question 51

When was there a heat in Iran that included the heat index reaching 158 degrees

Answer 51

summer of 2023

Question 52

What did the heat index reach in Iran in the summer of 2023

Answer 52

158 degrees Fahrenheit

Question 53

How many notable areas are there that particularly impacted for human societies

Answer 53

3

Question 54

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), what is the range of high - tide flooding compared to 50 years ago

Answer 54

300% to more than 900% more frequent than it was 50 years ago

Question 55

When did Hurricane Ian strike Florida

Answer 55

2022

Question 56

How many fatalities occurred during Hurricane Ian

Answer 56

156

Question 57

How much damage was resulted due to Hurricane Ian

Answer 57

$112 billion

Question 58

When did a megadrought occur in the dry area of the Western U.S

Answer 58

2022

Question 59

The 2022 megadrought was the worst drought in

Answer 59

1200 years

Question 60

In what year was a report came out from the United Nations that identified 5 important insights related to health risks associated with climate change

Answer 60

2017

Question 61

A U.S government report estimates how many people moved their homes due to extreme weather events every year

Answer 61

30 million people