Climate Change

Increasing quantities of CO₂ (Carbon Dioxide) in the atmosphere will cause air temperatures to be _____. 

• warmer
• cooler

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Climate change causes extreme weather conditions such as:

• Flooding
• Heat Waves
• Hurricanes
• All of the above

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The amount of carbon dioxide CO₂ in the atmosphere is decreasing. 

• True
• False

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Which human activity contributes the MOST carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?

• Fishing
• Breathing
• Burning Fossil Fuels
• Farming

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Melting land ice...

• causes sea levels to rise because it adds water to the ocean.

• does not cause sea levels to rise because the water fills the space left by the melted sea ice.

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Which is not going to help reduce our carbon footprint?

• eating local food

• recycling

• driving to school

• planting trees

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When weather patterns change over a long period of time, we call it ___

• climate adaptation
• weather change
• climate change
• weather adaptation

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Increased carbon dioxide may cause global warming by trapping more ____________ in the atmosphere.

• water
• gases
• heat
• water vapor

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True or False: Climate on Earth never changes

• True

• False

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Who keeps the Earth warm?

• The Sun

• The greenhouse gases

• Both of them

• None of them

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