END OF UNIT: How is the climate changing?

Pick the best definition of the climate.

• Day to day atmospheric changes.

• Long term averages of the atmosphere over time.

• Long term averages changing over time.

Pick the main two greenhouse gases in our atmosphere.

• Carbon dioxide

• Water vapour

• Methane

• Oxygen

Which of the following is NOT a source of carbon dioxide?

• Agriculture such as cows

• Transportation, cars and planes

• Power stations burning fossil fuels

• Deforestation - cutting down trees

Which of the following is NOT a source of methane?

• Agriculture - cows

• Agriculture - rice paddy fields

• Industry processes like factories

• Burning or digging up peat bogs

Select the best description of the enhanced greenhouse effect.

• Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere act like a blanket around the earth, warming it.

• Greenhouse gases make the atmosphere have holes, allowing heat to escape.

• Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere act like a blanket around the earth, warming it too much.

• Greenhouse gases

Which of the following is not a global effect of climate change?

• Ice caps forming

• Sea levels rising

• Oceans getting more acidic

• Extreme weather

Choose all the social effects of climate change in Kiribati.

• People's homes are flooding

• Over crowding as people are forced closer together

• Coral reefs being destroyed

• Drinking water being contaminated by sea water

Choose all the envrionmental effects of climate change in Kiribati.

• Increased storm surges.

• Money is being spent on trying to raise the island.

• Coral reefs are being destroyed for sea walls.

• The people's unique culture may be lost.

Choose all the economic effects of climate change in Kiribati.

• Money has been used to buy land in Fiji.

• 40% of the government's income comes from aid, so they don't have much to spend.

• Money is being spent on protecting the island like sea walls.

• Coastal erosion is occuring.

Which of the following are solutions to tackle climate change?

• Converting to renewable energy.

• Improving public transport e.g. bike paths.

• Trapping greenhouse gases underground as carbon capture.

• Deforestation - cutting down trees.