WorksheetsCop26 and the Environment
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What does COP stand for?
Climate on Progress
Conference of the Parties
Collaboration of the People
Continuity of Pollution
How many world nations will be represented at COP26?
96
196
296
396
Higher levels of which type of gas causes climate change?
Oxygen
Nitrogen
Helium
Carbon Dioxide
Which of the following are impacts of climate change? More than one answer may be correct!
Scotland can expect more snow in summer and more sun in winter
Sea levels are rising at alarming rates (due to melting glaciers)
Global land and sea temperatures are decreasing
Extreme weather events are becoming more common such as floods and droughts
COP26 has four main goals. Which one below is NOT a goal?
Mobilise finance to help support necessary changes in countries across the world
Keep things the same to protect communities and natural habitats
Secure global net zero and keep temperature changes within 1.5 degrees
To encourage global collaboration to accelerate climate action
What term means "achieving a balance between the greenhouse gases put into the atmosphere and those taken out"
Carbon plus zero
Carbon divide zero
Carbon gross zero
Carbon net zero
By what year does the UK hope to reach its target of taking out the same amount of greenhouses gases from the atmosphere as it adds?
(a)
Businesses should be aware of the amount of carbon dioxide (a greenhouse gas) released into the atmosphere as a result of their activities.
This is called their carbon ________?
Footprint
Handprint
Walk
Run
Which of the following are ways that individuals can reduce their personal carbon footprint? More than one answer may be correct!
Turn off electronic devices when not in use to use less energy
Consider what we eat – less fruit and vegetables
Recycle our rubbish properly
Reconsider how we travel – travel by car and taxi more
Campaign for climate action and have it influence our spending
Which of the following are ways that businesses can reduce their carbon footprint? More than one answer may be correct!
Reduce plastic packaging
Discourage customers to recycle
Reconsider the products they sell e.g. electric cars rather than diesel
Use more green (renewable) energy sources
Use technology to increase paper and printing
What of the following are ways we can reduce the carbon footprint within Malton School? More than one answer may be correct!
At the end of the school day, leave the computer and screen on.
Make the font size on our Word documents so larger that it goes onto more than one page
Use OneNote more often to save printing handouts
Recycle our unwanted paper and plastic water bottles
Which is not a reason that contributes to climate change?
burning of fossil fuels
emissions of factories
deforestation
buying locally-grown food
Which of the four is not a greenhouse gas?
oxygen
methane
chlorofluorocarbon
carbon dioxide
The place in which a plant, animal, bird or fish normally lives is its ........
food chain
habitat
eco-community
eco-friendly
Recycled plastic bottles can be made into
Clothing
Carpets
Detergent bottles
Lumber (outdoor decking)
All of the above
Using disposable paper cups is much better than washing mugs after each use.
True
False
