Introduction to Climate Change

What is climate change?

• the average temperature of the earth

• a change in the average conditions — such as temperature and rainfall — in a region over a long period of time.

• the average precipitation of the earth

• The average temperature and precipitation of the earth

What is the difference between weather and climate?

• weather is only about precipitation and climate ia about precipitation and temperature

• Weather takes a long time to change and climate changes quickly

• Weather is about the conditions outside right now and climate refers to weather over a longer period of time

• weather changes daily and climate never changes

Snowfall is an example of what?

• weather

• climate

What are two characteristics of climate change?

• changes in precipitation and temperature

• changes in sunshine and temperture

• changes in precipitation and sunshine

• changes in wind and sunshine

What does precipitation refer to?

• the average temperature of a location

• the average sunshine of a location

• the average wind of a location

• the average rainfall of a location

True or False: The Earth's climate has constantly been changing.

• True

• False

What is the average degrees of increase of the earth's temperature in the last 100 years?

• 2 degrees

• 5 degrees

• 10 degrees

• 20 degrees

What does the greenhouse effect refer to?

• gases in the earth's atmosphere help heat escape

• gases in the earth's atmosphere prevent heat from escaping

• gases in the earth's atmosphere get trapped and make the earth colder

• gases in the earth's atmosphere escape into space

Which is an example of a human activity that causes greenhouse gases to increase?

• using solar power

• using wind power

• using fossil fuels for power

• using water power

What of the following could a person do to limit their effect on greenhouse gases?

• use a gas car

• use fossil fuels to get electricity

• go on a cruise ship

• take an electric bus