BrainPop Climate Change

Which best explains the difference between weather and climate?

• Weather consists of temperature and precipitation levels

• Weather is what occurs on a daily basis while climate is the pattern of weather over long periods of time.

• Climate is what occurs in biomes while weather is what happens in ecosystems.

Why will many species have difficulty adapting to our current climate change trend?

• Many species have a very diverse gene pool that can potentially code for new phenotypes.

• Extinction is a natural part of the cycle of life on Earth.

• Artificial selection will work to choose individuals with the best traits to survive the changes that will come due to climate change.

• Man-made climate change is proceeding at a rate too fast for many species to be able to adapt via evolutionary processes.

Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas that can hold and trap heat in the atmosphere?

• Water

• CO₂

• Methane (CH₄)

• Nitrogen gas

Why does deforestation increase the effects of climate change?

• Trees release large amounts of methane through their stomata.

• Forests remove large amount of carbon dioxide from the air through photosynthesis.

• Trees are the major source of fossil fuels.

• Trees produce large amounts of oxygen gas which counteract carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

What do cows have in their digestive tracts that contribute to climate change?

• Bacteria and Archaea that digest cellulose and release methane as a byproduct of that digestion.

• Cows have 4 stomachs to increase the surface area for the digestion of meat.

• Cows create more powerful enzymes for digestion than other animals.

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Why does global warming lead to dramatic changes in climate and weather patterns?

• Warmer air has more energy.

• Sea levels rising may flood low-lying areas such as Florida.

• Warming temperatures increase the amount of CO₂ in the atmosphere.

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Which statement best describes what is happening in regards to the greenhouse effect on Earth?

• You can't get enough of a good thing.

• There can be too much of a good thing.

• We'd be better off without the greenhouse effect.

• This blanket is smothering me!

Which of the following individual actions would do the most to reduce atmospheric methane?

• Going vegan

• Planting a tree

• Riding the bus more instead of driving a car

• Using rechargeable batteries

Compared to historical trends, what is different about contemporary climate change?

• It's occurring faster.

• It's a warming trend.

• It's affecting plants and animals.

• It's caused by atmospheric changes.

We can learn about the climate of different periods throughout history by studying what aspect of the bubbles trapped in ice core samples?

• The temperature of the air inside the bubbles

• The average volume of he bubbles

• The levels of the different gases in the bubbles

• The average pressure of the air inside the bubbles