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Climate Change

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