Responding to Climate Change

What is the definition of adaptation?

• Protecting people from the effects of Global Warming

• Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

• Reducing energy use

• Accomplishing a job using as little energy as possible

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What is the definition of mitigation?

• protecting people from the effects of Global Warming

• reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions

• reducing energy use

• accomplishing a job using as little energy as possible

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What is a carbon footprint?

• the amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible

• technology is used to trap and store CO2 emissions

• voluntary payment when one entity, instead of reducing its own greenhouse gas emission, pays another entity to do so

• a fee that a government charges polluters for each unit of greenhouse gases they emit

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What is a carbon sequestration?

• the amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible

• technology is used to trap and store CO2 emissions

• voluntary payment when one entity, instead of reducing its own greenhouse gas emission, pays another entity to do so

• a fee that a government charges polluters for each unit of greenhouse gases they emit

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What is a carbon tax?

• the amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible

• technology is used to trap and store CO2 emissions

• voluntary payment when one entity, instead of reducing its own greenhouse gas emission, pays another entity to do so

• a fee that a government charges polluters for each unit of greenhouse gases they emit

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What is the definition of energy conservation?

• protecting people from the effects of Global Warming

• reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions

• reducing energy use

• accomplishing a job using as little energy as possible

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What is the definition of energy efficiency?

• protecting people from the effects of Global Warming

• reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions

• reducing energy use

• accomplishing a job using as little energy as possible

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What is a carbon offset?

• the amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible

• technology is used to trap and store CO2 emissions

• voluntary payment when one entity, instead of reducing its own greenhouse gas emission, pays another entity to do so

• a fee that a government charges polluters for each unit of greenhouse gases they emit

Which of these is NOT an example of mitigation?

• reduce carbon footprint

• conserve energy

• build a sea wall

• improve energy efficiency

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