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WorksheetsEND OF UNIT: How is the climate changing?
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 9mins
Pick the best definition of the climate.
Day to day atmospheric changes.
Long term averages of the atmosphere over time.
Long term averages changing over time.
Pick the main two greenhouse gases in our atmosphere.
Carbon dioxide
Water vapour
Methane
Oxygen
Which of the following is NOT a source of carbon dioxide?
Agriculture such as cows
Transportation, cars and planes
Power stations burning fossil fuels
Deforestation - cutting down trees
Which of the following is NOT a source of methane?
Agriculture - cows
Agriculture - rice paddy fields
Industry processes like factories
Burning or digging up peat bogs
Select the best description of the enhanced greenhouse effect.
Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere act like a blanket around the earth, warming it.
Greenhouse gases make the atmosphere have holes, allowing heat to escape.
Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere act like a blanket around the earth, warming it too much.
Greenhouse gases
Which of the following is not a global effect of climate change?
Ice caps forming
Sea levels rising
Oceans getting more acidic
Extreme weather
Choose all the social effects of climate change in Kiribati.
People's homes are flooding
Over crowding as people are forced closer together
Coral reefs being destroyed
Drinking water being contaminated by sea water
Choose all the envrionmental effects of climate change in Kiribati.
Increased storm surges.
Money is being spent on trying to raise the island.
Coral reefs are being destroyed for sea walls.
The people's unique culture may be lost.
Choose all the economic effects of climate change in Kiribati.
Money has been used to buy land in Fiji.
40% of the government's income comes from aid, so they don't have much to spend.
Money is being spent on protecting the island like sea walls.
Coastal erosion is occuring.
Which of the following are solutions to tackle climate change?
Converting to renewable energy.
Improving public transport e.g. bike paths.
Trapping greenhouse gases underground as carbon capture.
Deforestation - cutting down trees.
What is renewable energy?
Energy that can be used again.
Energy that can not be used again or made.
Which of the following is not an example of renewable energy?
Hydro (water) energy
Geothermal energy
Solar energy
Nuclear energy
Wave energy
Select some problems with solar panels in the UK.
Solar panels need daylight to work and winter days in the UK are short.
Solar panels do not save as much carbon dioxide as wind turbines.
Solar panels are the most popular energy source with the public.
Solar farms can lead to the loss of agricultural land.
Solar panels can be installed on peoples homes meaning no additional space is required to install them.
Select some positives of wind turbines in the UK.
They can be unsafe to maintain as some are as high as 90m.
They can affect wildlife such as birds.
Agriculture can continue around wind turbines.
The UK has the best potential for wind energy in Europe.
Wind energy is becoming cheaper than fossil fuels as technology is improving.
