WorksheetsIB ESS 7.3 Climate change - mitigation and adaptation
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
What is the accurate definition of climate change mitigation?
The efforts to reduce or prevent the expected effects of climatic change
The efforts to reduce or prevent build-up of GHGs in the atmosphere
The efforts to reduce or prevent Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
The efforts to reduce or prevent CFC in the atmosphere
Kyoto Protocol was signed in ...
1997
1999
1979
1992
UNFCCC was formed in…
What’s the main reason of countries that heavily depended on industrial activity to refuse global treaty in environment?
Because it may damage their economy
They don’t believe in climate change
Only developed countries got the benefit from the treaty
The impossibility to prevent climate change
Vehicle emission is one source of greenhouse gasses. We could reduce the greenhouse gasess by…
Changing our vehicle every year
Using public transportation
Doing regular vehicle maintenance
Using our own vehicle for a short trip
One impact that we can see in our daily life regarding climate change is
Sea Salt production becomes rare
Extreme weather causing natural disaster
Difficulties to find fuel and gas
Frozen sea
The main reason that makes Paris Agreement hard to implement is…
Countries’s commitment
Funding
Cooperation among countries
War
Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas
Carbon dioxide
Methane
CFCs (Chlorofluorocarbons)
Oxygen
when did the Kyoto Protocol come into effect?
1995
1997
2005
2015
Which of the following is a mitigation measure to climate change
Enforcing best current technology
Prohibiting certain types of industrial processes
Carbon Tax policy
All of the above
Which of the following climate change mitigation measure was introduced by the Government of Australia in 2012
Building code changes
Carbon Tax
Carbon Cap and Trade
All of the above
Which of the following regions use the highest amount of electricity from fossil fuels
North America
Africa
Western Europe
Australia and New Zealand
What is the accurate definition of climate change adaptation?
The efforts to reduce or prevent the expected effects of climatic change
The efforts to reduce or prevent build-up of GHGs in the atmosphere
The efforts to reduce or prevent Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
The efforts to reduce or prevent CFC in the atmosphere
What does CDR stand for?
(a)
What does the United Nation's REDD stand for?
reduction of emissions from deforestation and degradation
reforesting and evaluation of deforestation in developing countries programme
reduction of emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries programme
resolution to enhance the deforestation and developing countries programme
Which mitigation strategies work to stabilise or reduce GHG emissions?
Build flood defences
Seed clouds to encourage rainfall
Sustainable agriculture
Increase reservoirs
Which mitigation strategies work to remove GHG from the atmosphere?
Use more biomass as a source of fuel
Reduce waste energy by being more efficient
Seed clouds to encourage rainfall
Adopt carbon taxes and remove fossil fuel subsidies
Which mitigation strategies would work on a huge scale in order to intervene?
Adopt carbon taxes and remove fossil fuel subsidies
Reduce waste energy by being more efficient
Send mirrors into space in order to reflect sunlight away from the Earth
Use of alternatives to fossil fuels
Which of these is an adaptation strategy?
Set national limits on GHG production and a carbon credit system
Increase photosynthesis by planting trees
Release sulphur dioxide from planes to increase global dimming
Vaccination programme against waterborne diseases
