TECHNOLOGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE

1. What is the main role of technology in climate change?

• To make the problem worse 

  
  

• To help solve the problem 

  
  

• To ignore the problem 

  
  

What invention started the industrial revolution?

• The electric motor 

• The steam engine 

• The computer

1. What is a major cause of climate change?

• Planting trees

• Using renewable energy 

  
  

• Burning fossil fuels

Which of these is a greenhouse gas?

• Oxygen

• Carbon dioxide

• Nitrogen

What kind of energy comes from the sun?

• Solar power

• Wind power

• Water power

Why is deforestation a problem for climate change?

• Because trees produce carbon dioxide

• Because trees take in carbon dioxide

• Because trees create shade

What can technology do to fight climate change?

• Increase emissions 

  
  

• Reduce emissions 

• Have no effect

What is the purpose of carbon capture?

• To release carbon dioxide into the air.

• To store carbon dioxide underground.

  
  

• To use carbon dioxide for growing plants.

1. Which is a benefit of electric vehicles?

• They use more fuel 

  
  

• They produce fewer emissions

   

• c) They are louder

What do early warning systems do?

• Predict weather events 

  
  

• Create more energy 

• Increase greenhouse gases