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  • What is climate change?
    A sudden change in conditions like temperature or rainfall
    A change in global or regional climate patterns
    Increase in the overall temp of the earth's atmosphere
    A seasonal weather change
  • Which of the following is NOT an impact of adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?
    more coal available
    rising atmospheric temperatures
    ocean acidification
    sea level rise
  • What tool use NASA scientists to collect data on a global scale?
    Infared
    Radios
    Satellites
    Telescopes
  • What does the picture represent?
    Atmosphere emissions
    Greenhouse effect
    Solar Flares
    Ozone
  • What can we do to slow down climate change?
    Take shorter showers
    All of them
    Cut down on plastic usage
    Take public transport/walk
  • Cause of climate change
    Ecosystems
    Animals
    Humans
    Aliens
  • What is a consecuence of climate change
    Lowering sea levels
    Droughts
    Cooler temperatures in Italy
    More people being born
  • How much has the global average sea level risen the past 100 years (half of it since 1993)?
    2 m
    50 cm
    1 cm
    20 cm
  • Nine of the 10 warmest years on record have occurred since
    2005
    1900
    1950
    2000
  • Which of the following causes sea level rise?
    both melting of glaciers and expansion of water
    Water is more reflectivethan ice
    melting of glaciers
    Expansion of water as it warms
  • What does CO2 do to heat the atmosphere?
    Expand the heat
    Trap the heat
    Nothing in particular
    Release the heat
  • Polar Bears are becoming endangered because of the climate change
    True
    False
  • September Arctic sea ice is now declining at what rate per decade?
    13.3%
    3.3%
    0.03%
    10.3%
  • Which is NOT a type of fossil fuel
    coal
    soil
    natural gas
    oil
  • The biggest factor involved in climate change is
    methane gas
    ocean cooling
    carbon dioxide
    water vapor
  • Which is NOT a greenhouse gas
    Chlorofluorocarbons
    Helium
    Methane
    Water Vapor
  • Greenland’s ice loss has ____________ between 1996 and 2005.
    stayed the same
    halved
    doubled
    tripled
  • What do climate models predict for weather in the future?
    More and stronger storms
    Cloudy and rainy most of the time
    More clear and sunny days
    Little change from now
  • What doesn't help to avoid climate change?
    Use more renewable energy sources
    Use more non-renewable energy sources
    Recycle used paper, cans, bottles, and other materials.
    Drive less, use public transportation.
  • Carbon dioxide (CO2) is released through HUMAN activities in all the following ways EXCEPT:
    deforestation
    burning of oil
    burning of coal
    volcanic eruptions
  • What is the main reason that climate change is happening?
    People are planting more trees
    People are removing greenhouse gases to the atmosphere
    The ozone hole is getting larger
    People are adding greenhouse gases to the atmosphere
  • One of the following is not a probable result of global climate change
    more extreme weatherpatterns
    extinction of someorganisms.
    more volcanic eruptions
    increases in sea level.
  • How does climate change affect glaciers
    helps glaciers move faster
    melts the glaciers
    Climate change does not affect glaciers
    slows glaciers down
  • Carbon Dioxide levels in the air are the highest they’ve been in
    65,000 years
    700,000 years
    1 million years
    650,000 years
  • How does deforestation contributes to global climate change?
    Keeeping trees that absorb oxygen
    Reducing amount of trees to water
    Fossil fuels
    Removing trees that absorb CO2
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