What is Climate Change Chapter 7-12

True or False: Day to day, climate change is hard to see.

• True

• False

Why is Earth heating up?

• More greenhouse gases released

• Burning of fossil fuels

• Human activity

• All of the above

Which cars do NOT use fossil fuels?

• Cars that use gas

• Hybrid cars

• Electric cars

What is "clean energy"

• Energy you use for cleaning your house

• Energy that cleans the environment

• Energy that does not burn fossil fuels

• Energy that is cheaper than "dirty energy"

Who was President when Earth Day was established (1970)?

• Lyndon B Johnson

• Richard Nixon

• George W Bush

• Brack Obama

In which decade was the EPA created and the Clean Air Act passed? (hint" this is called the "environmental decade")

• 1940s

• 1970s

• 1990s

• 2010s

What happens to extreme weather when the temperature goes up?

• Extreme weather goes up

• Extreme weather goes down

Because of climate change, what is causing major flood damage?

• Rising sea levels

• Too much rain

• We don't use enough water

What is the BEST scientific definition for a heat wave?

• The song by Glass Animals

• When the sun is shining

• The summer season when it is hotter

• Days or weeks of unusually hot weather

What is a drought?

• When it rains so much it floods

• When the amount of rain is just right

• When it does not rain for a long time