Impacts of Climate Change

Select the impact(s) of climate change from the list below:

• Forest fire

• Greenhouse effect

• Less use of energy

• Rising sea levels

• Crop failure

Select the impact(s) of climate change from the list below:

• Loss of biodiversity

• Warming oceans

• Threat to people's health and livelihood

• Less snowpack

• Loss of habitat

One of the impacts of climate change is energy use. How will energy use be impacted?

• More heat waves, there will be problem of irrigation

• More heat waves, more electricity used for airconditioning

• With less rainfall, dams will dry up causing shortage of hydroelectricity supply.

• As there are more forest fires, heat energy can be used to warm people during winter.

Which of the following activities give out carbon dioxide?

• Cutting down trees

• Open burning

• Recycling paper products

• Planting more trees

Which of the following are examples of how coastal areas will be impacted by climate change?

• Less rainfall causing problems of irrigation

• Loss of habitat

• Beach resorts losing tourists

• People getting lung infections from pollution

• People losing their homes due to flood and inundation

As shown in the map, one of the impacts of climate change is the increasing amount of ____________ taking place around the world.

• Sinking coastal areas

• Melting glaciers

• Forest fires

• Air pollution

Famine and starvation are caused by

• Forest fire

• Loss of habitat

• Air pollution

• Agriculture failure

How are plants and animals affected by climate change?

• More wild fires result in loss of habitat

• Bleaching of corals

• Extinction of species

• Reduction in biodiversity