Anthropocene and Climate Change!

This is a molecule called:

• Carbon monoxide (CO)

• Carbon (C)

• Carbon dioxide (CO2)

• Carbon trioxide (CO3)

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All living things on Earth are made of carbon. When we burn __________ _________ we release the carbon that had been trapped for millions of years into the atmosphere, creating CO2.

• global warming

• fossil fuels

• banned plastics

• giant cars

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CO2 and other green house gasses trap heat in the atmosphere like a warm blanket wrapped around the Earth. This leads to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature called:

• global heating

• global cooling

• global acid

• global warming

Human actions have caused more intense weather and natural disasters, these long-term changes over time are collectively called:

• Carbon change

• Sustainable change

• Weather change

• Climate change

What percentage of the atmosphere is made up of greenhouse gasses?

• 100%

• less than 1%

• 50%

• 0%

Meeting our current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs is called:

• climatic

• weather

• systemic

• sustainability

Select all that apply

The Anthropocene is known "the age of humans" because:

• It is the first time in Earth's history where humans have had an impact on the environment.

• Technology we rely on is unsustainable and contributing to climate change and extreme weather events.

• We are releasing CO2 into the atmosphere at alarming rates.

• Human activities burn fossil fuels and this is leading to global warming.

Climate is:

• the average of weather patterns over LONG periods of time.

• the condition outside at any point in time.

• the same as weather.

• a geological time period.

Weather is:

• the average of weather patterns over LONG periods of time.

• the condition outside at any point in time.

• the same as weather.

• a geological time period.

Select all that apply

Fossil fuels are:

• sources of non-renewable energy.

• formed from the remains of things that were once alive (like trees and plankton) and were buried millions of years ago.

• things like coal, oil, and natural gas.

• renewable and have no impact on the planet (like wind, water, and sun light).