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Global Warming
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The facts are there that we have created, man has, a self-inflicted wound that man has created through global warming. A)Lenny Henry B)Arnold Schwarzenegger C)Al Gore
What is B)Arnold Schwarzenegger
100
If the Greenland Ice Dome or the West Antartic ice shelf melted what countries would be under water or strongly devastated? A)Fiji,Congo,Argentina B)Miami,Amsterdam,Bangladesh C)Laos,Haiti,Wales
Miami would be underwater. -Amsterdam would vanish -The site of the World Trade Center Memorial would be underwater -In Bangladesh 60 million people would loose their homes
100
Recycling one aluminum can save enough energy to run a TV for how many hours?
3 Hours! It takes 95% less energy to recycle aluminum than it does to make it from raw materials.
100
What is the Definition of Greenhouse effect?
What is warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere; caused by atmospheric gases that allow sunshine to pass through but absorb heat that is radiated back from the warmed surface of the earth
100
Who first proposed the theory of Global Warming? A) Svante Arrehenius B)The NewYork Times C)John Stossel
Svante Arrhenius, a Swedish physicist, in 1896. Looking at the infrared absorption properties of CO2, he saw how it could hold heat close to the Earth, and warm the planet.
200
All across the world, in every kind of environment and region known to man, increasingly dangerous weather patterns and devastating storms are abruptly putting an end to the long-running debate over whether or not climate change is real. Not only is it real, it's here, and its effects are giving rise to a frighteningly new global phenomenon: the man-made natural disaster. A)Barack Obama B)Lenny Henry C)David Bellamy
What is A)Barack Obama
200
What are the eight most affected places due to global warming ?
Bangladesh Sudan Caribbean Australia Siberia Tuvalu Great Barrier Reef Britain
200
2000 pounds of recycled paper can save how many trees?
17 trees The 17 trees saved can absorb a total of 250 pounds of carbon dioxide from the air each year. Burning that same ton of paper would create 1500 pounds of carbon dioxide.
200
Define the word Pollution .
What is the undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities
200
In the United States, on Jan. 2, 2011, the EPA imposed its first regulations related to what type of gas and what does E.P.A stand for ?
What Is the Environmental Protection Agency and the E.P.A imposed their first regulations against greenhouses gases.
300
Some of the scientists, I believe, haven't they been changing their opinion a little bit on global warming? There's a lot of differing opinions and before we react I think it's best to have the full accounting, full understanding of what's taking place. A)Bill Lockyer B)George W Bush C)Michael O'Leary
What is B)George W Bush
300
Ice is melting worldwide, especially at the Earth’s poles, this includes ... ?.
What is mountain glaciers, ice sheets covering West Antarctica and Greenland, and Arctic sea ice
300
What was the quote that Cameron Diaz used that reduced the amount of water used when in the restroom ?
What is "if it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down"
300
Define the word Climate
What is the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time .
300
What anime has faced a massive drop in population due to global warming and how many of the species remain ? A) Penguins , 15,000 - 20,000 B)Polar Bears, 20,000 - 25,000 C)Seals, 10,000 - 20,000
What is the polar bear, while surviving in drastically reduced numbers, is already effectively extinct in its natural habitat—and no amount of change can save it. Scientists estimate that just 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears still survive in the wild.
400
I want to testify today about what I believe is a planetary emergency - a crisis that threatens the survival of our civilization and the habitability of the Earth. A)Al Gore B)Bjorn Lomborg C)Jay Inslee
What is A)Al Gore
400
Floods and droughts will become more common. Rainfall in Ethiopia, where droughts are already common, could decline by ___ percent over the next ___ years. A)25% over the next 15 years B)15% over the next 30 years C)10% over the next 50 years
What is C)10% over the next 50 years
400
If every U.S. family replaced one regular light bulb with a CFL, it would eliminate how many pounds of greenhouse gases? A)80 Billion pounds B)78 Billion pounds C)90 Billion pounds
What is 90 billion pounds of greenhouse
400
Fill In the Blanks Scientists 1._________ it's human activity that’s driving the temperature up, a process known as global warming. Ever since the industrial revolution began factories, power plants and eventually cars have burned fossil fuels such as oil and coal releasing huge of amounts of carbon dioxide and other gases into the atmosphere. These greenhouses gases 2.______ heat near the earth through a natural occurring process called the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect 3._____ with the sun and the energy it 4._____ to the earth. The earth and the atmosphere 5._________ some of this energy while the rest is radiated back into space. Word Bank absorb advocate begins believe consume forecast includes increase is also shrinking predict radiates reflect remains report trap
What is Believe,trap,begins,radiates,absorb.
400
If the Greenland Ice Dome or the West Antartic ice shelf melted how much would it raise the water levels worldwide? A)Between 18-20 feet B)Between 10-15 feet C)Between 20 - 25 feet
Between 18 and 20 feet!
500
The danger posed by war to all of humanity - and to our planet - is at least matched by the climate crisis and global warming. I believe that t he world has reached a critical stage in its efforts to exercise responsible environmental stewardship. A)Richard Branson B)Bjorn Lomborg C)UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
What is C)UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
500
Researcher _____ has tracked the decline of the Adélie penguins on Antarctica, where their numbers have fallen from 32,000 breeding pairs to 11,000 in 30 years. A)Researcher Bill Nye B)Researcher John Nessie C)Researcher Bill Fraser
What is C)Researcher Bill Fraser
500
If families were to change their regular light bulbs into compact fluorescent light bulbs that would lower greenhouse gases and be equivalent to how many cars off the road? A)8 millions cars B)6.5 million cars C)7.5 million cars
What is C) 7.5 million cars.
500
What is the Kyoto agreement ?
What is the Kyoto Protocol is a protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, aimed at fighting global warming.
500
Between which years had the worlds largest glaciers lost the most cubic miles of ice and how much ice was lost? A)1961 - 1997 / 890 cubic miles of ice B)1989 - 1990 / 790 cubic miles of ice C)1962 - 1992 / 920 cubic miles of ice
Between the years 1961 and 1997, the world’s glaciers lost 890 cubic miles of ice.
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