Understanding Climate Science Consensus

Understanding Climate Science Consensus

Assessment

Interactive Video

Science

9th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Nancy Jackson

FREE Resource

10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What percentage of climate scientists agree that humans are causing global warming?

55%

75%

100%

97%

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who conducted the study that is most famously associated with the 97% consensus?

John Cook

James Hansen

Michael Mann

Gavin Schmidt

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the primary method used to ensure the accuracy of scientific findings?

Media reports

Peer review

Public opinion

Government approval

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main reason for the gap between public perception and scientific consensus on climate change?

Scientific uncertainty

Lack of education

Manufactured doubt

Media bias

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why are some research papers excluded from consensus studies?

They are not peer-reviewed

They are too old

They are not in English

They don't explicitly state a position

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What scientific theory was used as a comparison to illustrate the flaw in critics' logic?

Plate tectonics

Relativity

Evolution

Quantum mechanics

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a common misconception about how science works?

It is never wrong

It is always changing

It is based on experiments

It relies on consensus

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