Climate Change Quiz

How can I reduce my carbon footprint?

• Waste water, use energy-intensive appliances
• Drive more, use private transportation
• Avoid recycling, support non-renewable energy sources
• Drive less, use public transportation, carpool, walk, bike, use energy-efficient appliances.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

When rating an atmospheric river in categories, which category is classified as moderate?

• C2
• C1

• C5

• C3

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When rating an atmospheric river in categories, which category is classified as extreme?

Enter letter and number.

When rating an atmospheric river in categories, which category is classified as weak?

Enter letter and number.

What is a carbon footprint, simply stated?

• How we measure what each person is contributing to the impact of climate change.

• The tracks that humans and animals leave on the land to produce evidence in evolution.

• When El Nino comes in and changes our weather unexpectidly.

• Balloon animals.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What is a way to describe climate?

• urban heat islands that are causing mudslides in California

• the amount of fossil fuels produced in industrial areas

• typical weather conditions in a particular area

• the ocean temperatures that produce surface currents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What do we call something near or relating to the North or South Pole?

• global warming

• carbon footprint

• equator

• polar

What is any gas that absorbs the sun's heat in the atmosphere?

• fossil fuels

• greenhouse gases

• carbon footprint

• climate change

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

What are fuels that contain carbon and that is formed in the Earth over millions of years from plant and animal remains?

• polar fuels

• fossil fuels

• greenhouse gases

• carbon fuels

What is the 5th largest desert on Earth?

• Arctic Polar

• Gobi

• Antartica

• Sahara