Floods

In what year did Lake Ontario reach its record height of 78.92 m?

• 1994

• 2017

• 2019

• 2022

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What was the financial cost of 2017 flooding in Ontario and Quebec?

• $225,000,000,000

• $225,000,000

• $225,000

• $225

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What percentage of Canadian cities are built on flood plains?

• 25%

• 40%

• 75%

• 80%

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What percentage of Canadians are aware that they are living in high flood risk areas?

• 6%

• 10%

• 20%

• 36%

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The process of paying people in high risk flood areas to move away is called

• emigration

• land appropriation

• bribery

• managed retreat

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Sea level rise results from (choose all that apply):

• increased greenhouse gas emissions

• melting glaciers

• warming global temperatures

• burning fossil fuels

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True or False? Municipalities can be held liable for poor decisions that result in flooding.

• True

• False

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Which country has the greatest number of people who are at risk of coastal flooding?

• Canada

• USA

• China

• India

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Which location(s) could be under water within 50 years? (choose all that apply)

• Amsterdam

• New Orleans

• Venice

• Bahamas

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Which country's recent floods motivated leaders to develop a loss and damage fund at COP27?

• Pakistan

• Australia

• USA

• Canada

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