Climate Change Quiz

What will happen to a two-degree warming?

• Decrease in vegetation growth

• Dire consequences for the world

• Cooler habitats for animals

• Increase in icecap area

What changes have been observed in the planet's rhythm in the past 50 years?

What is happening to the snow gums in Australia?

• They are disappearing due to cold temperatures

• They are adapting to warmer temperatures

• They are moving to lower mountain terrain

• They are moving to higher mountain terrain

How many animal species are on the move due to climate change?

• 125

• 100

• 75

• 50

How many lives are claimed each year due to climate change since the 1970s?

• 50,000

• 200,000

• 150,000

• 100,000

What is the most worrying sign of climate change according to recent reports?

• Increase in vegetation growth

• Melting of the polar icecaps

• Decrease in sea-level rise

• Stable ice sheets in Antarctica

What did the director of the British Antarctic Survey describe Antarctica as?

• Slumbering giant

• Melting giant

• Awakened giant

• Stable giant

What could happen if the sea level rises even in tiny amounts?

• Increase in small islands

• Stable ice sheets in Antarctica

• More floods and beach erosion

• Decrease in vegetation growth

What is the impact of the heat-sensitive corals along the Great Barrier Reef of Australia?

• No impact

• Adaptation to warmer temperatures

• Complete destruction

• Increase in coral population

What is the current state of the ice streams on the west Antarctic ice sheet?

• Slowing down

• Speeding up and discharging into the sea

• Frozen solid

• Melting rapidly