Climate Change

What is the cause of greenhouse gases?

• Fossil fuels

• Cutting down trees

• Using transportation

• All of the above

What can we do to stop climate change?

• Eat more vegetables

• Manufacture more goods

• Cut down more forests

• Produce more food

What is the meaning of climate change?

• Global warming

• The change of climate

• Refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Such shifts can be natural, due to changes in the sun’s activity or large volcanic eruptions

• None of the above

Do sea levels rise because of climate change

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

• Don’t know

Which of these are carbon sinks?

• grasses

• oceans

• trees

Which of these are fossil fuel sources that have carbon dioxide as a byproduct?

• nuclear energy

• gas

• coal

• oil

What are two indirect results that are likely to increase as a result of climate change?

• famine

• war

• increased fruit production in the current growing locations

• increased grain production in the current growing locations

What are two important functions of thermohaline circulation?

• it redistributes warm & cool air

• it regulates the tides

• it mixes warm & cool waters increasing ocean life production

• it increases acidification of the oceans

Climate change has potential to shutdown the global conveyor belt

• TRUE

• FALSE

Climate change has disrupted natural cycles and "confused" ecosystems

• TRUE

• FALSE