Climate Change

How does the greenhouse effect work?

• Greenhouse gases reflect the sun's energy, causing it to warm the Earth.

• Greenhouse gases directly warm oceans and cause dramatic weather.

• Greenhouse gases absorb the sun's energy, slowing or preventing heat from escaping into space.

• Oceans absorb greenhouse gases, which cause the Earth's temperature to rise.

As air pollution continues to be released into the atmosphere, what becomes more depleted, resulting in an increase of ultraviolet radiation on earth?

• coral reefs

• rainforests

• groundwater

• ozone layer

A carbon ________ is the total greenhouse gas emissions caused by an individual, event, organization, service, place or product.

Which country currently has the highest carbon emission per capita in the world?

• Qatar

• The USA

• China

• India

• Qatar

Which two are likely to result from global warming?

• reduction in greenhouse gases

• decrease in air pollution

• rise in ocean levels

• increase in surface temperatures

Which shows the effect of climate change on human health? It ____

• causes illnesses such as heat stress

• increases respiratory illnesses such as asthma

• helps to spread diseases such as dengue fever

• all of the above

Which of the following have been linked to climate change? 

• droughts

• melting of polar ice caps

• flooding

• all of the above

Global temperatures have been increasing drastically?

• since the industrial revolution.

• since the Jurassic Era (time of dinosaurs) 65 million yr ago

• since the advent of human kind.

• Climate change is not real and there is not scientific evidence of temperature change.

Some greenhouse gases are naturally present in the Earth's atmosphere

• True

• False

Worldwide, temperatures have been increasing for more than 100 years.  Is this evidence of global warming?

• YES

• NO