What are the causes?
What is 1 human factor contributing to climate change?
Greenhouse gases, Consumption, Deforestation.
Which region of the Earth is experiencing the most dramatic changes due to climate change?
The polar regions
Name three types of transportation that you can use that will release less exhaust into the air.
Public transportation, ride a bike, car-share, switch to electric vehicles, take a bus, take the train, ect.
What country on Earth is now adding the greatest amount of CO2 to the atmosphere each year?
A-China
B-Indonesia
C-India
D-United States
China
What are the 2 main causes of sea level rise?
Thermal expansion of the ocean
Melting of land ice
Livestock are contributing to global climate change by producing large amounts of which global warming gas?
Methane
What animal could possibly go extinct as a result of global warming?
The Polar Bear
Name three things you can do to reduce your contribution to climate change. (like at your house remember that electricity,garbage,gas,methane, all these things contribute to climate change, what can you do to help slow it?)
Turn off the lights, Turn off electronic devices, Use appliances with the energy star label, Reuse products, Purchase goods manufactured with recycled materials, Recycle, ect.
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At the present time the Earth's average global temperature is going up how much each decade?
A-1.1c
B-0.25c
C-0.2c
D-1.4c
0.2 degrees Celsius
What gas is making the greatest total contribution to the Earth's increasing average global temperature?
CO2
Which state in the U.S. would see the largest percent of its land mass go under water if global warming causes the ocean to continue to rise?
Florida
What 2 things can you use for power plants instead of fossil fuels?
Wind, Solar, Hydrogen, Biofuels.
About what percentage of the world’s population would be at risk of sea level rise?
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If all of the Earth's ice and snow were to melt, the ocean would rise by about how much?
A-35 meters
B-29 inches
C-137 centimeters
D-80 meters
E-60 inches
80 meters
Each year we release more than 30 billion tons of CO2. List 3 things that we burn to release this.
Fossil fuels, Oil, Natural Gas, Coal.
Name 4 effects of climate change.
Higher temperatures, Rising sea levels, Threat to wildlife, Coral bleaching, More intense hurricanes and tropical storms, Economic loss
What are 4 other greenhouse gases not including CO2?
Methane, Nitrous oxide, Chlorofluorocarbons, Hydrochlorofluorocarbons, Hydrofluorocarbons, Perfluorocarbons,Tropospheric ozone
Over the past 160 years, the average global temperature has risen by how much?
A-0.25c
B-1.2c
C-0.8c
D-0.76c
about 0.8% Celsius
What source is making the largest contribution to the increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
Burning coal in power plants
Due to thermal expansion and melting ice, the ocean is now rising at the rate of _.
1.0 cm every 5 years
The Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets together contain about what percentage of Earth's freshwater?
75%
Today's CO2 concentration of 395 PPM in the atmosphere represents what percent of the atmosphere's composition?
0.034%