Carbon Challenge Quiz Competition

What is the most suitable definition for Carbon Footprint?

• The total amount of Carbon Dioxide generated by our actions

• The total amount of greenhouse gases that are generated by our actions

• The total amount of Oxygen generated by our actions

• The total amount of Carbon Dioxide and Methane generated by our actions

What is the concept that the Carbon footprint was derived from?

• Water footprint

• Gas footprint

• Ecological footprint

• Animal Footprint

Who introduced the ecological footprint?

• Francis Crick and James Watson

• William E. Rees and Mathis Wackernagel

• Isaac Newton

• George Clooney and Robert Sterling

Which year was the Carbon Footprint introduced in?

• 1987

• 1994

• 1996

• 2000

What is known as the greenhouse effect?

• A natural process that warms the Earth's surface.

• Planting trees in Greenhouses

• Emission of Carbon Dioxide

• Carbon Dioxide exceeding the amount of Oxygen in the atmosphere

Who is the Irish physicist who gave the first experimental evidence for the Greenhouse effect?

• John Tyndall

• Rachel Carson

• Amedeo Avogadro

• Joseph Fourier

The Greenhouse effect also contributes to global warming. Does the emission of Carbon Dioxide enhance the Greenhouse effect?

• YES

• NO

What are greenhouse gases?

• Gases emitted from Greenhouse plantations

• The gases emitted during global warming

• Gas emitted when a Carbon Dioxide molecule intersects with an Oxygen molecule

• Gases that trap heat in the atmosphere and warm the planet

What is the most effective Greenhouse gas?

• Carbon Dioxide

• Carbon Monoxide

• Water vapour

• Methane

As of 2019 which activities mostly increase the carbon footprint?

• Transportation

• Cutting trees

• Eating meat

• Being vegan