Solutions for Climate Change

What are some possible solutions to climate change? (select all that apply)

• Use less energy

• Choose renewable energy sources

• Plant trees and other plants

• Recycle and reuse items

How can the planting of new trees help reduce climate change?

• Trees help create breezes.
• Trees release moisture that cools the atmosphere.
• Trees take in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis.
• Trees block the release of greenhouse gases from soil.

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Which of the following actions can reduce your impact on the climate?

• Ride a bike to school or work
• Leaving the lights on all the time
• Going on an airplane every year

The goal of mitigation strategies is to

• reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions
• do nothing
• increase the amount of greenhouse gas emissions
• adjust to the effects of climate change.

Which of the following is an example of a mitigation strategy?

• using renewable resources
• using non-emissions energy sources
• using energy efficient products
• all of them

Which of the following is the best conclusion that can be made from this graph?

• atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have been decreasing since 1960
• Hawaii has a lot of carbon dioxide
• humans have been working hard to decrease carbon dioxide levels
• atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have increased steadily since 1960

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What are examples of renewable energy sources?

• Solar

• Wind

• Coal

• Gas

What are examples of non-renewable energy sources?

• Geothermal

• Coal

• Oil

• Hydro

Why do we want to use more renewable energy sources?

• They cause more pollution

• They will go away if we don't use them

• They cause less pollution

• They are easier to create

Why don't we want to use as much non-renewable energy sources?

• They cause pollution and CO2 to be put into our air/atmosphere

• The cause less pollution

• They are difficult to get

• They smell funky