Climate Change

A small rise in global temperature can have a big impact on the entire planet.

• True

• False

Climate is the general weather pattern over a ____________ period of time.

• short

• long

Which of the following is an effect of climate change. Choose all that apply

• Habit Loss for plants and animals

• Increased average temperature of our planet

• Sea Level Rise

• Extreme Weather Events

Global temperature has been increasing since the end of the Pleistocene era. What is the main cause of recent global warming?

• Solar activity

• Natural cycle of planets

• Too many animals

• Human actions

An increase in greenhouse gases such as Carbon Dioxide that help trap heat in the atmosphere leads to which effect?

• The CO₂ Effect

• The Warming Effect

• The Greenhouse Effect

• The Gas Effect

What does the graph show has happened to to carbon dioxide in the atmosphere near the Mauna Loa Observatory between the years of 1960-2010.

• CO₂ Increased

• CO₂ decreased

• CO₂ stayed the same

• There is no trend in this graph.

Which of the following activities does NOT release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere?

• Burning fossil fuels

• Riding a bike

• Growing rice

• Raising livestock (farm animals)

Melting ice causes Earth to warm even further.

• True, the ice would have reflected more sunlight away from Earths surface, like a white T-shirt.

• False, melting ice decreases ocean temperature, causing global cooling.

How has climate change affected the habitat polar bears live in and how they live?

• the arctic has become wetter, so they have less places to live

• the arctic water where they hunt is too warm for them to hunt

• the arctic ice has melted and they have a harder time reaching seals

How can warming cause sea levels to rise?

• Melting glaciers and ice sheets add water to the ocean

• There is more rain that adds water to the ocean

• Warming canNOT cause sea levels to rise

• Warmer water takes up more space than colder water.