Climate Basics
What is the term for the average weather conditions in an area over a long time?
What is climate?
Name one major greenhouse gas.
What is carbon dioxide / methane / water vapor / nitrous oxide?
What type of natural disasters are becoming more common due to climate change?
What are hurricanes / floods / wildfires / droughts?
What’s one way people can reduce energy use at home?
What is turning off lights / using energy-efficient appliances?
Which parts of the world are getting hotter the fastest — the poles or the equator?
What are the poles?
What do we call the current trend of Earth getting warmer over time?
What is global warming?
What human activity is the biggest source of carbon dioxide?
What is burning fossil fuels?
How does climate change affect people who live near the coast?
What is they may face flooding, stronger storms, or have to move?
What are the 3 R's of helping the environment?
What are Reduce, Reuse, Recycle?
What happens to small islands and coastal cities when sea levels rise?
What is they can flood or be underwater?
How is the current climate change different from how the climate has changed naturally throughout Earth's history?
What is the rate at which it is happening (much faster)?
List 3 types of fossil fuels?
What are coal / oil / natural gas?
How does climate change affect farming and crops?
What is it can cause droughts, floods, or unusual weather that harms crops?
What are solar, wind, and water?
Which country currently emits the most CO₂ overall?
What is China?
What are the 2 most abundant gasses in Earth's atmosphere?
What are nitrogen and oxygen?
What is the name of the process by which heat is trapped in the Earth’s atmosphere?
What is the greenhouse effect?
How can climate change affect human health?
What is more heat-related illness, disease spread, or poor air quality?
Why is eating less meat considered better for the environment?
What is because raising animals like cows produces a lot of greenhouse gases?
What country is famous for using a lot of wind and solar power and aims to be climate-neutral by 2050?
What is Germany?
How do scientists learn about past climates from thousands of years ago?
What is by studying ice cores, tree rings, and fossils?
How do greenhouse gases cause the Earth to warm? Draw a diagram to illustrate
What is they trap heat from the sun in the atmosphere?
What phrase refers to the idea that the people who did the least to cause climate change are hurt by it the most?
What is "climate injustice"?
What phrase refers to the amount of greenhouse gases a person or activity produces?
What is "carbon footprint"?
What is the name of the international agreement to fight climate change signed in 2015?
What is the Paris Climate Accord (the Paris Agreement)?