Oceans
Are the oceans getting warmer or getting colder?
What is getting warmer
Will there be another ice age?
What is yes even if it is 50,000 years away.
How are penguins being affected by climate change?
What is the ice is shrinking so there is less room and the sea-ice season is shorter.
What is Co2?
What is Carbon Dioxide
Are greenhouse gasses at an all time high?
What is yes
What is happening to sea levels?
What is they are rising
Will all ice on Earth melt eventually?
what is no
How is climate change affecting animals in rainforests?
What is increased temperatures and less rainfall will reduce suitability.
What is a ice sheet?
What is a permanent layer of ice covering an extensive tract of land
How is climate change affecting our planet right now?
What is sea levels are rising and oceans are becoming warmer.
Which of these have greater effect on global sea level?
A. melting sea ice
B. melting of land ice
C. both have the same effect
What is A. melting sea ice
Why is the ice melting?
What is because the temperature is rising
How is climate change affecting animals in the arctic?
What is animals that are ice dependant will die because the ice is melting
What is climate change?
What is refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns.
What is the number 1 cause of climate change?
What is fossil fuels are the number one cause of climate change.
How do the oceans affect the climate?
What is the currents carry water around the world
What is happening to the ice sheets?
What is they are shrinking
What is the animal that is most affected by climate change?
A. Polar Bears
B. Crabs
C. Frogs
D. Both A and B
What is D. Both A and B
Define greenhouse gas?
What is a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect.
How many tons of ice do we lose each year?
(hint it is in the trillions)
What is 1.2 trillion tons of ice each year.
How does the sea help with global warming?
What is the ocean does an excellent job of absorbing the extra heat from the atmosphere
Why is ice important to our climate?
What is it maintains earth's energy balance and keeps polar regions cool.
How is climate change affecting animals in general?
What is rising temperatures lower many species survival rates due to all the changes.
What is global warming?
What is a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere
How does climate change affect humans?
What is increased respiratory and cardiovascular disease, injuries and premature deaths related to extreme weather events.