Climate Change Knowledge Check

What is weather?

• Precipitation

• The tilt of the earth on its axis

• Temperature

• State of atmosphere

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What does climate mean?

• The change in the atmosphere

• The long-term average of weather conditions

• The weather this week

• The type of habitat in an area

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What then is climate change?

• Change in weather over the course of a day

• Extreme weather conditions

• A long term change in temperature and weather patterns

• Changes in the number of plant and animal species

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The greenhouse effect happens when gases in our atmosphere trap heat and block it from escaping our planet.

• True

• False

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Which of the following are expected to result from increased average global temperatures?

• Extreme weather conditions

• Longer warm summer days

• Increased plastic pollution

• Melting glaciers and rising sea levels

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Which of the following are important contributors to climate change?

• The use of fossil fuels

• Humans breathing

• Vehicle emissions

• Industrial emissions

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How does One Health relate to climate change?

• Humans and animals will come into greater contact due to climate change

• Increased and new zoonotic diseases are likely due to climate change

• Environmental conditions that affect human and animal health are changing

• One Health is not related to climate change

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Stopping the use of fossil fuels is all we need to do to address climate change.

• True

• False

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Climate change mitigation (or attempts to slow climate change) alone are not enough. We need to also find ways to adapt.

• True

• False

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What are things you can do to help address climate change?

• Bike or walk instead of using vehicles

• Use public transportation instead of driving a car

• Turn off electronics and lights not in use

• Advocate in your community for policy efforts to address climate change

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