Climate Change Trivia

How many tons of ice melt in Greenland and Antarctica each year?

• 2,000

• 427,000,000,000

• 764,000,000

• It's too cold for ice to melt in Greenland and Antarctica.

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How many species are at risk of extinction because of climate change?

• 5,000

• 749,000

• 1,000,000

• 200

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The last decade has been the hottest decade on Earth in how many years?

• 200

• 4,000

• 56,000

• 125,000

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How many tons of ice are being lost from Earth each year due to warming?

• 36,000

• 3,000,000

• 46,000,000

• 1,200,000,000

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By how much have Earth's wildlife populations decreased in the last 40 years?

• 60%

• 50%

• 40%

• 30%

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As a result of human activity, humans are halfway to _______ the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere (from pre-industrial times).

• quadrupling

• doubling

• cutting in half

• cutting to one-quarter

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

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The Arctic may have its first ice-free summer by when?

• 2040

• 2050

• 2065

• 2070

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By what date would climate changes caused by human behaviour be irreversible?

• 2030

• 2055

• 2060

• 3040

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

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We are on pace to exceed the Paris Agreement target of ___ of warming by the end of the century.

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Since pre-industrial times, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased by how much?

• 90%

• 40%

• 30%

• 8%

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