Climate Change Impacts on Children
Many young girls have to travel far distances to collect and gather ____?
a. dirt
b. leaves
c. water
d. food
e. animals
C. Water (right answer)
How many people does land degradation affect annually?
a) 3.5billion people annually
b) 2 billion people annually
c) 1.5 billion people annually
d) 1/2 billion people annually
c) 1.5 billion people annually (right answer)
Water scarcity in Sub-Saharan Africa is a consequence of__?
a) Lack of water in Africa
b) Population growth only
c) Non-climate Impacts
d) Water resource mismanagement
d) Water resource mismanagement (Right answer)
How many people visited Africa in 2015 approximately?
a) 65 million
b) 75 million
c) 50 million
d) 35 million
a) 65 million (right answer)
What percent of the global population routinely wash their hands at critical times such as before eating and after defecating?
a. 85%
b. 20%
c. 90%
d. 60%
e. 45%
b. 20% (right answer)
How many climate zones are in Africa?
a) 4 (Equatorial, Humid Tropical, Tropical, Semi-desert (Sahalian)
b) 3 (Equatorial, Tropical, Semi-desert (Sahalian)
c) 2 (Tropical, Semi-desert (Sahalian)
d) 6 (Equatorial, Humid Tropical, Tropical, Semi-desert (Sahalian), Mediterranean and Desert)
d) 6 (Equatorial, Humid Tropical, Tropical, Semi-desert (Sahalian), Mediterranean and Desert) (right Answer)
The greater % of Water withdrawal ratio of Africa continent goes to__?
a) Industries
b) Municipalities
c) Rich Urban centers
d) Agriculture purposes
d) Agriculture purposes (right answer)
How much money was generated by tourism in Africa in 2015?
a) $20 billion
b $50 billion
c) $40 billion
d) $30 billion
c) $40 billion (right answer)
According to UNICEF what country remains one of the most difficult places to be a child?
a. Somalia
b. Ethiopia
c. Kenya
d. Ghana
e. Madagascar
a. Somalia (right answer)
Where is the Great Rift Valley found?
a) Southeast Africa
b) Eastern Africa
c) Western Africa
d) Northeast Africa
b) Eastern Africa (Right answer)
Which of this is NOT a way to tackle water scarcity?
a) Drill Wells
b) Build Aquifers
c) Plumbing
d) Building heat pumps
d) Building heat pumps (right answer)
How many trophies of threatened species were exported between 2004 and 2014?
a) 50,000
b 200,000
c) 500,000
d) 100,000
b 200,000 (Right answer)
____ is an effect of food insecurity?
a. malnutrition
b. happiness
c. healthy crops
d. wealth
e. low market prices
a. malnutrition (right answer)
What is the name of the largest desert in Africa?
a) Kalahari desert
b) Namib desert
c) Chalbi desert
d) Sahara desert
d) Sahara desert (right answer)
Why water scarcity is a wicked problem because?
a) has simple solutions
b) Often single-causal
c) have many interdependencies
d) often lead to easy consequences
c) have many interdependencies (right answer)
What was the name of the lion killed by an American Dentist in Zimbabwe in 2015 causing public outcry (Jimmy Kimmel cried on tv talking about)?
a) Sammy
b) Benji
c) Blair
d) Cecil
d) Cecil (Right answer)
Heatwaves and ___ are two weather extremes really impacting education, hygiene, and food security for children?
a. blizzards
b. extreme wind
c. tornadoes
d. droughts
e. hail
d. droughts (right answer)
What is the longest river in the world found in Africa?
a) The Nile River
b) The Zambezi River
c) The Tano River
d) The Mississippi River
a) The Nile (4,132 miles)
Water availability exacerbates all of these EXCEPT?
a) Population pressure during droughts
b) Women Empowerment
c) water-related diseases
d) Great investment in rural communities
b) Women Empowerment (right answer)
How much money did it cost to kill said beloved lion?
a) $25,000
b) $73,000
c) $18,000
d) $54,000
d) $54,000 (Right answer)