Climate Change & Cities

What is the difference between climate and weather?

• Climate is more extreme than weather.

• Weather changes but climate does not change.

• Weather is short term and climate is long term.

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What are some of the impacts of climate change? Select all that apply.

• Poor air quality

• Chronic droughts

• Natural disasters

• Fossil fuels

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Human activities have caused climate change.

• True

• False

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To "mitigate" the effects of climate change means to ​ ​ (a)   ​

• Lessen their severity
• Increase their severity
• Prevent change
• Interfere

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Plants can capture and store carbon dioxide.

• True

• False

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Greening our cities can help to ____.

(Select all that apply.

• lessen rainfallgreen city gif

• Mitigate extreme heat

• Absorb greenhouse gasses

• Combat flooding

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Green storm water infrastructure picks up dirt and pollutants and empties it all into rivers and lakes.

• True

• False

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​ (a)   of gallons of rainwater fall on Shenzhen every year.

• Trillions
• Billions
• Millions

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What is the main cause of the greenhouse effect?

• Deforestation

• Industrialization

• Both deforestation and industrialization

• None of the above

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Does recycling help in reducing greenhouse gases?

• True

• False

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