Climate Change - The Facts Quizizz (Based on BBC Documentary)

How far back to world temperature records go?

• 5 years

• 5000 years

• 20 years

• 200 years

____ of the warmest years on record have happened in the last 22 years.

• 15

• 2

• 10

• 20

Before we burned fossil fuels, carbon dioxide levels sat at around ______

• 280ppm

• 300ppm

• 400ppm

• 330ppm

Carbon dioxide levels today are at around ______

• 280ppm

• 300ppm

• 400ppm

• 330ppm

There has been a ___ degree C warming in climate since preindustrial times.

• 2

• 3

• 1

• 5

The 2018 UK heatwave was 30 times more likely as a result of climate change.

• True

• False

What species was particularly affected by 42 degree C temperatures in Cairns, Australia in November 2018?

• Kangaroos

• Flying Fox (Bats)

• Saltwater crocodile

• Dingos

What percentage of species are currently at threat of extinction from climate change?

• 7

• 8

• 4

• 6

The 2018 California wildfires cost a)___________ and claimed b) _______ lives.

• a) $24billion

• a) $2billion

• b) 26

• b) 106

Greenland is losing ice ____ times faster than 25 years ago.

• 5

• 10

• 500

• 2