Climate Change Quiz

Global warming can be misleading because

• There is no proof that it is actually happening.

• All areas of the Earth are not getting warmer every year.

• It isn't Carbon Dioxide that is causing the temperature increase.

• It isn't the greenhouse gases that are causing the heat to be trapped.

What are the main greenhouse gases?

• carbon dioxide, oxygen, water vapor, nitrous oxide, methane

• carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, water vapor, sulfur dioxide

• methane, water vapor, carbon dioxide, oxygen

• methane, water vapour, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide

Choose which answer(s) are possible effects of rapid atmosphere warming:

• Increased hurricanes and typhoons

• Increased diseases

• Disastrous forest fires

• Starvation of the poorest populations

What is the main reason sea levels are rising rapidly?

• melting sea ice

• increase of water vapor in atmosphere

• melting land ice

• increase in floods

What are the biggest source(s) of atmospheric methane?

• deforestation

• burning fossil fuels

• melting permafrost

• livestock

Gases in the Earth's troposphere retaining the infrared radiation and warming the Earth is referred to as:

• Climate Change

• Permafrost Melt

• Ozone Depletion

• Greenhouse Effect

What is the function of the Ozone Layer?

• It protects the surface of the Earth from the ultraviolet radiation

• It protects the Earth's surface from the infrared radiation

• It decreases greenhouse emissions

• It builds reservoirs of carbon

Which gas(es) caused the thinning of the Ozone?

• CO2

• CFC

• CH4

• CO

What did consumers primarily use this gas for that caused the thinning of the Ozone? Choose all that apply (Choose 3).

• gasoline

• coolants

• aerosols

• refrigerants

Choose the elements that the gas CFC is composed of ? Click all that apply (Choose 3).

• carbon

• chlorine

• fluorine

• hydrogen