Earth Facts
Global Warming
Causes of Global Warming
Fun Facts
100

The Earth is surrounded by a layer of gases called what?

The atmosphere

100

Scientists predict that Arctic summers could be ice free by what year? a) 2030 b) 2040 c) 2050 d) 2012

b) 2040

100
This gas adds more warmth to the atmosphere than any other gas.
What is CO2
100
Name one thing that is happening/will happen due to global warming.
Rising sea levels, species loss, increased disease, flooding, drought, melting glaciers, ect.
200

What percentage of the Earth's surface is water?

70%

200

How many deaths per year does the World Health Organization attribute to climate change? a) 67.000 b) 100.000 c) 150.000

c) 150.000 global deaths

200
What is one human cause to global warming?
What is pollution, mining, cattle rearing, deforestation, population, ect.
200

Who throws out more pounds/ kilograms of trash per year: someone from London, someone from New York, or someone from Vancouver?

Someone from Vancouver.

300

What is the largest rain forest on Earth?

The Amazon rainforest

300

The temperature rises because the sun’s heat and light is trapped in the earth’s atmosphere. What is the name for this occurrence?

The greenhouse effect

300
The polar icecaps are melting rapidly due to climate change. What furry white animal could be extinct in 50 years?
What are the polar bears!
300

A new study suggests that global warming could threaten one-fourth of the world's plant and vertebrate animal species with extinction by what year? a) 2035 b) 2050 c) 2060 c) 3000

b) 2050

400

What word describes the clearing of Earth's forests on a massive scale, often resulting in damage to the quality of the land.

Deforestation

400

Name three ways you can help prevent global warming.

Plant trees, turn off the lights and electronics when you're not using them, reduce, reuse, recycle, take shorter showers, bike, walk or take public transportation to different places.

400

This industry is the leader in damaging our ozone layer with the product they produce.

The gas or oil industry

400
If the Greenland Ice Dome or the West Antarctic ice shelf melted how much would it raise the water levels WORLDWIDE? a) 18-20 feet c) 20-22 feet c) 50 feet d) 2 feet
Between 18 and 20 feet! Miami would be underwater, Amsterdam would vanish and in Bangladesh 60 million people would lose their homes.
500

The air on earth consists mostly of what two gases?

Nitrogen and oxygen

500
How can earth's forests affect temperatures?
The forests take in CO2 and release oxygen therefore keeping the temperatures balanced.
500

How many tons of carbon dioxide are released into the atmosphere every single day? a) 10 million tons b) 550.000 tons c) 70 million tons d) 80 million tons

70 million (70.000.000) tons

500

What percent of world's greenhouse gases are emitted by the United States? a) 30,3 percent b) 50% c) 22% d) 60,7%

30,3 percent! The United States emits more greenhouse gas pollution than South America, Africa, the Middle East, Australia and Asia all put together.

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