Climate Change L3 for Year 8

Which one of the following describes climate change?

• The weather getting hotter within the UK.

• Is the overall warming of the planet, based on the average temperature of the entire Earth’s surface.

• Refers to changes in climate characteristics, including temperature, humidity, rainfall, wind and severe weather events over long time periods.

• Winters in the UK getting milder and wetter.

Which one of the following describes global warming?

• Refers to changes in climate characteristics, including temperature, humidity, rainfall, wind and severe weather events over long time periods.

• The UK getting warmer

• The UK's winter getting milder and wetter

• Is the overall warming of the planet, based on the average temperature of the entire Earth’s surface.

What does this climate change image show?

• How rainfall has increased from the start of records until the present day.

• How weather has changed from when records began until now.

• The colour of each stripe represents the temperature of a single year, ordered from the earliest available data at each location to now.

• How Earth is getting cooler over time.

What does this climate change graph show?

• How rainfall has increased from the start of records until the present day.

• How weather has changed from when records began until now.

• How the Earth's temperature has changed from the year 1000 to 2000.

• How Earth is getting cooler over time.

On the diagram, which letter is showing the enhanced greenhouse effect?

• A

• B

• C

Which one of the following is not a greenhouse gas?

• Carbon dioxide

• Oxygen

• Methane

• Water vapour

Which country emits the most greenhouse gas emissions?

• USA

• China

• India

• EU

Which of the following best describes the enhanced greenhouse effect?

• Humans adding to the greenhouse gas layer resulting in the trapping of reflected heat.

• The natural greenhouse gas layer in the Earth's atmosphere.

• Pollution in the Earth's atmosphere.

Which of the following is not a cause of climate change?

• Deforestation.

• Burning of fossil fuels in power stations.

• Livestock and rice paddy fields.

• The hole in the ozone layer.