G9 Revision - Climate Change Lesson and Quiz

G9 Revision - Climate Change Lesson and Quiz

By Liz Anderson

Multiple Choice

What is directly linked to the cause of climate change?

• Holes in the ozone layer

• Electricity usage on the rise

• Gases in the earth's atmosphere

• Ice caps melting

Multiple Choice

What is the main greenhouse gas that is responsible for climate change?

• Methane

• Carbon dioxode

• Hydrogen

• Oxygen

Multiple Choice

The catalyst for the rise in greenhouse gases and therefore temperature, was the Agricultural Revolution. True or False?

• True

• False

Open Ended

Name TWO weather events that have occurred as a result of climate change and global warming.

Multiple Choice

There is a difference between the meaning of the words weather and climate.

True or False?

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Weather is considered long term and climate is short term.

True or False?

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The phenomenon of climate change refers to greenhouse gases because these are the gases that hover in our atmosphere and let the sun in, much like a greenhouse that is used to grow plants. True or False?

• False

• True

Multiple Choice

At what sort of rate do scientists and geographers believe that the warming of the earth is happening?

• Slow

• Consistent

• Alarming

• Exponential

Multiple Choice

What is a consequence of the ice sheet and glaciers melting from climate change?

• Drought

• Less chance of invading Greenland

• Better drinking water

• Flood

Multiple Choice

Weather is becoming more extreme. This means that there are longer droughts that are occurring more often as stronger and larger storms and floods. True or False?

• True

• False

Open Ended

What happens to food supply as a consequence of climate change, according to the video?

Multiple Choice

According to the flow chart, climate change is a farce and people really need not worry too much about it. True or False?

• True

• False

Multiple Select

What are some of the human activities that contribute towards climate change? There is more than one answer.

• Using coal, oil and gas

• Chopping down forests

• Raising livestock

• Electric cars

Multiple Choice

Greenhouses gases are named this because they essentially do what?

• Act like a greenhouse and help plants grow

• Act like a greenhouse and turn the earth green

• Act like a greenhouse and heat the earth

• Act like a greenhouse and help cool the earth

Multiple Choice

The phenomenon associated with global warming is called what?

• El Nino

• El Nina

• Global warming

• Global disaster

Open Ended

What is the consequence associated with the polar ice caps melting?

Open Ended

Name two extreme weather events associated with global warming.

Open Ended

What is meant by the term 'habitat loss'?

Multiple Choice

What is described as 'ice melt'?

• Melting ice from glaciers cause the sea levels to decrease

• Melting ice from glaciers means more drinking water available

• Melting ice from glaciers cause the sea levels to increase

• Melting ice from glaciers contributes to more water for fish to swim in

Multiple Choice

From 1994 to 2017, what is percentage of ice that has melted, with Greenland and Antarctica being the worst affected?

• 63%

• 65%

• 67%

• 69%

Multiple Choice

What can happen as a result of rising sea levels?

• Bigger oceans

• Some cities being underwater

• More penguins

• More drinking water

Multiple Choice

What is meant by the term 'animal habitat'?

• This is where there are zoos

• This is where animals go to breed

• This is where animals live

• This is where you can find animals after a disaster

Multiple Choice

The main human activity that releases greenhouse gases is

• using bottled water
• burning fossil fuels
• texting on cellphones
• eating meat

Multiple Choice

Why is the increase of Greenhouse gases a big issue?

• It causes climate change and increase in the global temerature 
• It can lead to a major increase in greenhouses 

• It leads to more factories
• It causes a major decrease in people

Multiple Choice

The gradual increase in the temperature of the atmosphere is known as ________________.

• Greenhouse Effect
• Global Warming
• Carbon Dioxide Gases
• Methane

Multiple Choice

How can global warming cause sea levels to rise? Choose the best answer.

• by causing it to rain more often
• by melting glaciers and ice caps
• by increasing the number of undersea volcanic eruptions
• by creating bigger and more powerful hurricanes

Multiple Choice

Why does cutting down trees increase global warming?

• trees soak up carbon dioxide
• trees provide shade which counteracts global warming
• trees absorbs the sun's energy without radiating back into the atmosphere
• trees drain greenhouse gases like methane from soil

Multiple Choice

Global warming and the greenhouse effect are exactly the same.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

Burning fossil fuels is one of the main causes for global warming.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

How are greenhouse gasses harming our environment?

• They aren't

• Less heat is able to escape causing the Earth to cool down

• Less heat is able to escape causing the Earth to warm up

• More heat is able to escape

Multiple Choice

What is the greenhouse effect?

• warming of the earth due to gases in our atmosphere.
• cooling of the earth due to gases in our atmosphere

Multiple Choice

The enhanced greenhouse effect leads to global warming.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sets of evidence supports global warming?

• CO2 levels rising
• Sea Levels rising
• Glacier mass decreasing
• All of the Above

Multiple Choice

In general, what happens to the climate (of the earth) if more greenhouse gases are released (through human activities and natural occurrences) into the atmosphere?

• Average temperature goes up

• Average temperature goes down

• Average temperature remains the same

• None of the above

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT an effect of Global Warming?

• Polar ice caps will melt.
• Coastal regions will be covered with rising sea levels.
• Some areas will experience serious droughts
• The Earth's rotation will slow down and eventually stop

Multiple Choice

The graph image shows CO2 emissions and temperatures from 1909 to 1949.  What conclusion is best supported by the graph?

• There is no relationship between carbon dioxide concentrations and temperatures
• As carbon dioxide concentrations increase, temperatures increase
• As carbon dioxide concentrations increase, temperatures decrease
• As carbon dioxide concentrations decrease, temperatures increase

Multiple Choice

What is the mixture of gases surrounding the Earth called?

• carbon
• concentration
• atmosphere
• emissions

Multiple Choice

What happens with the greenhouse effect process?

• The heat from the sun is allowed to pass through the earth's atmosphere

• The heat from the sun is trapped in the earth's atmosphere

• The heat from the sun is deflected from the earth's atmosphere

• The heat from the sun builds up in the earth's atmosphere and then burns the ozone layer

Multiple Choice

How is the greenhouse effect caused?

• By the buildup of gases that have come from the earth's surface

• By the buildup of gases that have come from the sun

• By the sun's rays that bounce off the earth's surface

Multiple Choice

What is a greenhouse gas?

• An atmospheric gas that releases heat

• An atmospheric reaction when the sun hits gas

• An atmospheric gas that can trap and hold heat

• An atmospheric reaction when multiple gases are trapped in the atmosphere

Multiple Choice

An increase in the gases released into the atmosphere has the effect known as global warming. True or false?

• False

• True

Multiple Choice

Why is it called the 'greenhouse' effect?

• Because the gases in the earth's atmosphere are shades of the colour green

• Because the sun is attracted to the green plants on the earth

• A greenhouse acts in very much the same way as the heat in the earth's atmosphere

• The sun helps plants to grow and because plants are green, the name was coined

Multiple Choice

What is considered the normal temperature of the earth, on average?

• 10 degrees celsius

• 15 degrees celsius

• 18 degrees celsius

• 25 degrees celsius

Multiple Select

Tick all that contribute to the greenhouse effect?

• Power plants

• Factories

• Wood burning heaters

• Cars

Multiple Choice

How much more CO2 concentration has been released into the atmosphere since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution?

• 28%

• 36%

• 47%

• 53%

Multiple Choice

What do greenhouse gases actually do that is of benefit?

• They absorb surplus methane into the earth's atmosphere

• They absorb the sun's harsh UV rays

• They heat up and that heat is what keeps us from freezing to death

• They help to keep the earth at a temperature that the plants like

Multiple Choice

Who or what is responsible for the increase in the earth's temperature?

• More volcanoes erupting with their hot lava

• Trees just not doing their job properly

• The sun getting hotter

• Humans

Multiple Choice

What is of threat to humans which is occurring due to global warming?

• Intelligence

• Wealth

• Health

• Internet access

Multiple Choice

According to the last slide, what is something that is increasing due to global warming?

• Sunstroke

• Wildfires

• Tsunamis

• Glaciers

Multiple Choice

The combination of all the contributing factors to global warming is commonly referred to as what?

• Coastal footprint

• Carbon footing

• Carbon footprint

• Crazy fools

Multiple Choice

Climate change is having a major impact on the world. True or False?

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Climate change has had a detrimental effect on the planet. True or False?

• False

• True

Multiple Choice

How many degrees has the temperature of the earth's surface risen since the industrial revolution?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

Global warming is a problem as it is raising the temperature of the oceans. How much heat energy does it take to raise the ocean's temperature?

• Miniscule

• Tiny

• Large

• Huge

Multiple Choice

Despite 2 degrees seeming like a small amount, the consequences of this are big. True or False?

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What does 'uniform' mean when it says that 'the rise in temperature across the globe has not been uniform'?

• It means that the rise in temperature is everywhere

• It means that the rise in temperature is not evenly spread

• It means that the rise in temperature only occurs in the summer months

• It means that the rise in temperature does not affect the polar ice caps

Open Ended

List one or two effects of climate change

Open Ended

Explain habitat loss and extinction in one sentence.

Multiple Choice

What is mitigation?

• The effect of climate change

• Another word for the greenhouse effect

• Trying to 'go green'

• Adding to the climate cause

Multiple Choice

In terms of climate change, what is adaptation?

• Ignoring the greenhouse effect

• Implementing new ideas to combat climate change

• Implementing ways to reduce causes of climate change

Open Ended

Name one of the mitigation actions along with an example.

Multiple Choice

What must countries do in order to combat climate change?

• Concentrate on what they should do

• Form alliances with neighbouring countries to work together

• All countries must work together to combat climate change

• Educate their own country-folk as to what they can do to reduce their carbon footprint

Multiple Choice

Which agreement was it in which countries agreed to cut carbon emissions?

• Kyoto Agreement

• Paris Agreement

• Copenhagen Agreement

Multiple Choice

Which is the most recent agreement?

• Kyoto

• Paris

• Copenhagen

Multiple Choice

In the recent agreements, what is the global temperature that countries are trying to keep below?

• 1 degree

• 2 degrees

• 3 degrees

• 4 degrees

Multiple Choice

Tick the renewable energy source.

• Gas

• Oil

• Nuclear

• Coal

Multiple Choice

What is the percentage of greenhouse gases emitted from food production?

• 15

• 25

• 35

• 45

Multiple Choice

Given that climate change is a fairly modern concept, what do you think the word 'unprecedented' means in the previous slide when it says that ' land and water is being exploited at an 'unprecedented' rate?

• That this is a normal rate of exploitation

• That this is common the world over

• That this has not been seen before

Multiple Choice

From the last slide, aside from laws and regulations at a national and international level, what also matters in the fight against climate change and food supply?

• How many animals we have on the earth

• Dietary choices of individuals

• Cultural traditions in terms of food and celebrations

Multiple Choice

Which is the kind of diet that will help with mitigating climate change?

• Mainly meat

• Mainly dairy

• Only vegetables

• Mainly fish

Multiple Choice

What is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions?

• Growing vegetables

• Keeping livestock for food

• Using farm machinery for agriculture

Multiple Choice

What is a vegan diet?

• One where you cut out meat only.

• One where you cut out meat and dairy only

• One where you eat vegetables and fish

• One where you eat no animal products whatsoever

Open Ended

How might a plant-based diet help the planet in terms of reducing emissions?

Multiple Choice

What is the percentage of food that is wasted globally?

• 23

• 33

• 43

• 53

Multiple Choice

How many people could potentially be fed from this food waste?

• 1 million

• 10 million

• 1 billion

• 10 billion

Multiple Select

Whilst 'meatless meats' are a better alternative for the environment, what are some of the current issues with them? There are two answers.

• They are not made from natural products

• The ingredients contain plastic

• The ingredients are sometimes detrimental to our health

• People don't like the idea of meat

Multiple Choice

Which produces the least amount of greenhouse gases in production?

• Beef

• Cheese

• Beans

• Eggs

Multiple Choice

According to the previous slide, which is the worst continent for meat consumption?

• South America

• Africa

• Asia

• Australia