Climate Change Problem and Causes Quiz

How much has the world warmed since the Industrial Revolution, or the last 200 years?

• It hasn't! Scientists are making this all up to get richer.

• 1-1.5 degrees Centigrade

• 1.5-2 degrees Centigrade

• 2-2.5 degrees Centigrade

How many Hiroshima bombs worth of ADDITIONAL energy is the planet absorbing from the sun every second?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Polar regions are warming at

• the same rate (1-1.5 degrees)

• a lower rate (about half)

• a higher rate (about 3x more)

• This question does not make sense as Global Warming is a conspiracy spread by left wing liars!

What is permafrost?

• a layer of ice that has been permanent for the length of the Holocene (about 11,700 years)

• Being cold all the time

• A type of attitude when you are very skeptical

• A type of refrigeration which is sustainable

When people say "the climate is always changing"- what is the correct response? (Choose more than once)

• Weather changes all the time, but climate is the average over a long period.

• The climate has been very stable for 11,700 years - the time when we developed everything in human society

• Since the climate is always changing, there is no point in trying to reduce emissions.

• It's a bit like saying to a mecahnic "My car is on fire" and them saying "the temperature of cars is always changing!"

The Earth has been hotter than this before- so what's the problem?

• Since the Earth has been hotter before, the current warming is just a natural cycle and isn't harmful."

• True. There is no problem. We can all live in a world like the dinosaurs lived in.

• It's not the temperature, but how fast the temperature is changing. The faster the change the harder it is to adapt.

• Because the Earth has survived hotter periods, there's no need for concern about today's climate.

The temperature change speed today is the fastest for...

• There is no change. Scientists and thermometers are lying to you- open your eyes!

• 11,000 years (the Holocene)

• 1 million years

• 65 million years

The main culprit is... (and culprit means)...

• CO2 / culprit means one to blame

• CH4 / culprit means gas

• Volcanoes / culprit means scientist

• The sun / culprit means a lie

How much CO2 have we added to the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution?

• About 10%

• About 20%

• About 30%

• About 40%

How do we know its fossil fuels adding this CO2? Couldn't it be natural? (More than one answer possible)

• The CO2 is old, and so are fossil fuels, created millions of years ago from compressed dead animal and plant matter.

• O2 is decreasing gradually- this suggests combustion (burning things)

• CO2 in the ocean is concentrated at the surface- meaning it is entering from the air, not going from the ocean to the air.

• CO2 does not warm the world- scientists are lying to you!