What is it?
What's Different?
What Could Happen?
What Can We Do?
Polar Bears
100

What is the definition of weather?

The day to day changes in the earth's atmosphere locally

100

What greenhouse gas is causing the temperature to rise?

Carbon Dioxide

100

True or False: Climate change affects more than just temperature.

TRUE

100

True or False: humans cannot do anything to slow down climate change

FALSE

100

What color is a polar bear's fur?

White

200

What is the definition of climate?

The pattern of the weather conditions over a long period of time for a large area

200

Who is the main reason for Earth's warming temperature?

Humans

200

What are some other changes besides temperature caused by global climate change?

Ocean currents, rainfall (drought/flooding), rising sea levels, stronger storms.
200

Instead of traveling by car, what can we do to lower carbon dioxide emissions?

Bike, walk, public transportation, carpool.

200

What color is a polar bear's skin?

Black

300

Earth is surrounded by a layer of gases called what?

Atmosphere

300

Where is all of this extra carbon dioxide coming from?

Burning fossil fuels

300
Where does the American Pika go in order to escape warm temperatures?
They climb higher in the mountains
300

Describe how to do laundry in a way that reduces the use of fossil fuels.

Wash clothes in cold water and hang them to dry

300

Where do polar bears hunt?

On sea ice

400

Without the atmosphere trapping heat, our plant would be very cold like which other planet?

Mars

400

How many times faster is the climate warming up than the average previous warming periods?

10 times faster

400

The American Pika can die when exposed to temperatures higher than what number?

78 degrees F

400

Fill in the blank: Make sure to _____ electronics when you're done using them to save energy.

Unplug

400

What is a polar bear's main source of food?

Seals

500

How many ice ages and warming periods has our Earth gone through over the past 650,000 years?

7

500

How much do scientists predict that climate could warm up by the year 2100?

0.5-8.6 degrees F

500

What insect carries a deadly disease called malaria?

Mosquitos

500

To conserve fossil fuels, open windows in the summer instead of doing what?

Blasting air conditioning

500

What is the cause of changes in polar sea ice?

Global climate change - the ice is forming later in the fall and melting earlier in the spring