Climate Change Unit Quiz

What is the current Human Population?

• 1.4 Billion

• 5.2 Billion

• 7.9 Billion

• 11 Billion

What do experts predict the Human Population will be when we reach our carrying capacity in 2100?

• 5 Billion

• 10 Billion

• 15 Billion

• 20 Billion

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What has allowed the human population to increase so dramatically in the last 100 years?

• Mass production of goods & medical technology

• Vitamins & Sunshine

• Extraterrestrials among us!

• We have become photosynthetic

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What percent of the Earth's water is drinkable and easily obtainable?

• 1%

• 5%

• 10%

• 50%

The downside to human population increasing so fast is...

• We are destroying habitats for other species

• Water shortages may lead to conflicts

• We are still living as though our resources are unlimited

• All of these

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What is the Greenhouse Effect?

• The only thing keeping Earth from looking like the Moon

• Earth's atmosphere trapping heat to warm the planet

• A natural process that makes Earth able to support life

• All of these

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What are the major Greenhouse Gasses?

• CO2, Methane, Nitrous Oxide, Water Vapor

• Carbon Monoxide, Methane, Sulfur Oxide, Water Vapor

• Carbonic Acid, Nitrogen, Methane, Water Vapor

• Hydroden Sulfide, Ammonia, Cyanide, CFC

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If we do nothing, in what year will we reach the "point of no return" (when climate change becomes a runaway train)?

• 2030

• 2050

• 2070

• 2100

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How can we measure atmospheric CO2 from 1 million years ago?

• Get a Time Machine

• Analyze Fossils

• Deep Ice Core Data

• Guess Really Well

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What are Phytoplankton?

• Cyanobacteria, Diatoms, & Dinoflagellates

• Photosynthetic microorganisms

• The cause of Bioluminescent Waves and the Red Tide

• All of these

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