Climate Change - The Basic Facts
7 Questions
| Total Attempts: 24
Questions and Answers
- 1.Which statement is true?
- A.
The climate is warming
- B.
The climate is cooling
- C.
The climate is not changing
- D.
Nothing has been proved yet.
- 2.What is climate change caused by?
- A.
Humans
- B.
Nature
- C.
Both
- 3.What is a greenhouse gas (GHG)?
- A.
Carbon dioxide (CO2)
- B.
The gas released by greenhouses that causes climate change
- C.
Gases that trap (capture) heat in the atmosphere
- D.
Methane (CH4)
- 4.What has caused the increase in Greenhouse gas emissions?
- A.
The use of fossil fuels
- B.
Change in land use
- C.
Agriculture
- D.
All of the above
- 5.What is a fossil fuel?
- A.
Burning dinosaur fossils
- B.
Coal, oil and natural gas
- C.
Petrol
- D.
Solar panels
- 6.How much do experts think the temperature will rise by the end of the century?
- A.
0.0°C
- B.
0.0 - 1.4°C
- C.
0.3 - 6.4°C
- D.
2.0 - 6.4°C
- E.
0.6 - 4.0°C
- 7.What are the likely impacts of climate change?
- A.
20-30% of species (animals and plants) will be at an increased risk of extinction
- B.
Poor communities will suffer the most
- C.
Global crop production (agricultural production) will increase
- D.
Global crop production (agricultural production) will decrease
- E.
Increased malnutrition
- F.
All of the above
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