Climate Change

1.What does the picture represent?

• Lines of latitude

• Greenhouse effect

• Climatic zones

• Weather patterns

How is the rise in global temperature affecting coral reefs?

• Increase in coral reefs

• Leads to the death of coral reefs

• Greater variety of coral reefs

• Improvement in breeding grounds for fish

Which best explains how livestock farming contributes to global warming ? Animals __________

• waste pollutes the soil

• are consuming too much grass

• decayed matter emits too much carbon dioxide

• produce methane when they are digesting food

Which of the following is the best conclusion that can be made from this graph?

• atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have been decreasing since 1960
• Hawaii has a lot of carbon dioxide
• humans have been working hard to decrease carbon dioxide levels
• atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have increased steadily since 1960

The main human activity that releases greenhouse gases is

• riding bicycles

• burning fossil fuels

• texting on cellphones

• eating meat

Which of the following is an example of a greenhouse gas?

• Carbon Dioxide
• Nitrogen
• Oxygen
• Neon

Which natural process removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

• forest fires
• volcanic eruptions
• cellular respiration
• photosynthesis

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

• warmer
• cooler

Climate change causes extreme weather conditions such as:

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

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

• Fishing
• Breathing
• Burning Fossil Fuels
• Farming