WorksheetsGlobal warming
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
True or False: Wasting less food is a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
True
False
Which of the following is a greenhouse gas?
CO2
CH4
Water Vapor
All of the above
What is the Greenhouse effect?
The name of climate change legislation that was passed by Congress
When you paint your house green to become an environmentalist
When the gases in our atmosphere trap heat and block it from escaping our planet
When you build a green house
Which of the following are consequences associated with climate change?
The ice sheets are declining, glaciers are in retreat globally, and our oceans are more acidic than ever
Surface temperatures are setting new heat records about each year
More extreme weather like droughts, heat waves, and hurricanes
Global sea levels are rising at an alarmingly fast rate — 17 centimeters (6.7 inches) in the last century alone and going higher
All of the above
True or False: The overwhelming majority of scientists agree that climate change is real and caused by humans.
True
False
What was agreed to in the "Paris Agreement" that came out of COP-21, held in Paris in 2015?
To protect biodiversity and end the deforestation of the world’s rainforests
To keep global temperature rise well below 2℃ pre-industrial levels and to pursue a path to limit warming to 1.5℃
To limit sea level rise to 3 feet above current levels
To pursue a goal of 100% clean, renewable energy
Which of these countries emits the most carbon dioxide?
China
USA
UK
Rusia
What percentage of the global greenhouse gas emissions does the transportation sector emit?
1%
33%
14%
70%
Globally, which of the following economic sectors emits the largest percentage of greenhouse gas emissions?
Transportation
Buildings
Industry
Electricity and heat production
Which has been the hottest year on record?
2016
2020
none of them
all of the above
What happens to plastic waste?
It is a biodegradable material so it eventually disintegrates
It never fully goes away, it just breaks into little pieces
There is no such thing as plastic waste, all plastic is recycled
It is dumped in the ocean for fish to eat
Why is plastic dangerous for marine life?
They mistake it for food and cannot digest it
It's not dangerous because they use plastic waste for habitats
Where does the majority of plastic waste end up?
Oceans
Burned for energy
Landfills
Recycled
True or False. Of all major components that contribute to radiative forcing of climate (Greenhouse gases, Ozone, albedo, aerosols, stratospheric water vapor, contrails, solar irradiance, land use), Greenhouse gases currently have the largest contribution to positive forcing (warming).
True
False
True or False. As climate warms, we will no longer have snow storms and cold days.
True
False
True or False. We definitely know that tornadoes are increasing in frequency because of climate change
True
False
The Sun gives off energy in the forms of light and heat. This is called _________energy.
water
solar
light
hot
Earth is an integrated system that consists of rock, air, ________, and living things that all interact with each other.
water
land
soil
plant
What gas from the list below is a cause for global warming?
Urethane
Carbon Dioxide
Oxygen
What is the greenhouse effect?
The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.
The heating of a solid, such as a rock.
The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.
This is an image demonstrating...
Tornado Formation
Hurricane Formation
The Greenhouse Effect
Humans have the ability to cause temperature change.
True
False
Which of the following activities contributes the most to carbon emissions globally?
Deforestation
Burning fossil fuels
Agriculture
Respiration
Melting of glaciers and polar ice caps....
will result in cooler temperatures in the Arctic
Will have no effect on ecosystems
will result in sea-levels rising
None of the above
True or False: All of the radiation from the Sun is absorbed by the Earth
True
False
Without the Greenhouse Effect the Earth would be
dead
hot
cold
What happens to the temperature if more greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere?
Temperature goes up
Temperature goes down
Temperature goes up and down
no one of them
Cutting down large forests (deforestation) can result in:
little to no changes
more homes for animals
less plants to absorb carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas
The graph shows us that
the earth temperature is always increasing
the earth's temperature has steadily rising since the 1960s
the earth's temperature has steadily increased since 1900
the earth's temperature decreased during the 19th and 20th centuries
The greenhouse effect comes from
all heat being released by the earth going back into space
some of the heat heat being released by the earth going back into space
all of heat being released by the earth being trapped in the air
some of heat being released by the earth being trapped in the air
Which of the gases is NOT a greenhouse gas?
water vapour
carbon dioxide
carbon monoxide
methane
The area of human activity responsible for the highest greenhouse gas emissions is
energy supply
agriculture
transport
industrial
The area of human activity responsible for the second highest greenhouse gas emissions is
residential activity
agriculture
transport
industrial
From the information in the graph we can say that:
power stations produce about 1.5 times the emission of residential activities
fossil fuel retrieval produces more emission than transportation of fuels
residential activities produces about the same amount of emissions as waste disposal
industrial process produce about 5 times the emissions of waste disposal & treatment
The highest gaseous pollutant is
methane
carbon dioxide
nitrous oxide
fluorinated gases
