Question 1 - Which US state is most vulnerable to climate change? Explain what scientists think will happen over the next 30 years.

• Florida; sea levels will rise

• Kansas; more tornadoes

• Hawaii; more volcanic eruptions

• Ohio; more blizzards

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Question 2 - What happens to water as it warms up?

• It expands

• It contracts

• The volume stays the same

• It changes color

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Question 3 - Why are Canada's evergreen forests considered "Earth's Northern Lungs"?

• They produce a large amount of oxygen

• They produce a large amount of glucose

• They produce a large amount of carbon dioxide

• They produce a large amount of water

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Question 4 - What is the "trade off" for the nice daycare, paid for by oil money?

• Polluted water, higher cancer rates, a bad smell in the air

• Poor childhood learning and nutrition

• A surplus of jobs in the area

• Free fossil fuels for residents

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Question 5 - What are the two ways large CO2 emitters can meet the demands of a "cap and trade" rule?

• Produce less CO2 pollution and/or pay for Carbon Credits

• Install new furnaces and/or pay for Carbon Credits

• Produce less CO2 pollution and/or pay for more employees

• Install new furnaces and/or pay for more employees

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Question 6 - In 2007 Guy McPherson moved to southeastern New Mexico. What does he say that climate change is "outstripping"?

• Organisms' ability to adapt to the changing environment

• Scientist ability to develop new technology

• People's ability to move away from the coastline

• Tesla's ability to make electric cars

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Question 7 - What is leaking out of the Arctic Ocean?

• Methane

• Carbon Dioxide

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

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Question 8 - Carbon Dioxide and Methane are both dangerous greenhouse gasses. Which is the more dangerous of the two?

• Methane

• Carbon Dioxde

• They are equally dangerous

• Neither one is dangerous

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Question 9 - A geophysicist has developed synthetic trees that absorb how many more times CO2 than normal trees?

• 1,000 times more

• 10 times more

• 100 times more

• 100,000 times more

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Question 10 - What are 3 things that would help curb the effects of climate change?

• Use electric vehicles, Use mass transit, Use solar/wind power

• Use electric vehicles, Solar power, Burn more fossil fuels

• Make more plastics, Solar power, Burn more fossil fuels

• Plant more trees, Solar power, Burn more fossil fuels

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