CLIMATE CHANGE
What is the greenhouse effect?
When the gases from burning fossil fuels increase, trap heat inside the earth's atmosphere and cause global temperatures to increase
Which of the following is NOT a human cause of climate change?
Variations in solar energy
The number of extreme climate-related disasters in recent decades (such as droughts, floods and storms):
HAS INCREASED
Which of these countries emits the most carbon dioxide?
CHINA
The richest half of the global population is responsible for which percentage of the world's carbon emissions?
90%
What does global warming mean?
World temperatures are increasing
How can countries reduce the impact of climate change?
Use alternative sources of energy
Wasting less food is a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
TRUE
What percentage of the global greenhouse gas emissions does the transportation sector emit?
14%
As average global temperature rises,
Average precipitation increases
Which group of countries are contributing MOST to global climate change?
Developed countries
The biggest threat towards development is:
CLIMATE CHANGE
What is the Greenhouse Effect?
When the gasses in our atmosphere trap heat and block it from escaping our planet
Globally, which of the following economic sectors emits the largest percentage of greenhouse gas emissions?
Electricity and heat production
Where have some of the strongest and earliest impacts of global warming occurred?
In northern latitudes
What does sustainability mean?
To manage resources in a way that allows future generations to use them too
The weather is the same as climate.
FALSE
The overwhelming majority of scientists agree that climate change is real and caused by humans.
TRUE
How much has the average global temperature risen by since 1880 (in Fahrenheit)?
1.69 degrees
Compared to other greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide is the most effective at trapping heat near the Earth's surface.
False
Which of the following is not a physical cause of climate change?
Deforestation
The Greenhouse Effect:
Results in the rise in the surface temperature on Earth
What was agreed to in the “Paris Agreement” that came out of COP-21, held in Paris in 2015?
To keep global temperature rise well below 2℃ pre-industrial levels and to pursue a path to limit warming to 1.5℃
The planet is becoming warmer. Ideally how much do we want to limit the global temperate increase to?
1.5° Celsius global increase
Some kinds of pollution in the atmosphere can act to cool the planet by reducing the amount of solar radiation that reaches Earth's surface.
True