Worksheets3.5.1 L4 G12 Humans and Climate Change
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
The average, year-after-year conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area:
Tropical Zone
Climate
El Niño
La Niña
A gradual increase in the average temperature of Earth's atmosphere:
Global Warming
Greenhouse Gas
El Niño
Climate
A group of compounds that are able to trap heat in the atmosphere, keeping the Earth's surface warmer than it would be if they were not present.
CO2 emissions
greenhouse gases
climate change
How can Global Warming cause sea levels to rise?
by causing it to rain more often.
by creating bigger and more powerful hurricanes.
by melting glaciers and ice caps.
by increasing the number of undersea volcanic eruptions.
Gases in the atmosphere that trap heat; carbon dioxide (CO2) is a major one:
Greenhouse Gas
Global Warming
Sunspot
CFCs
The 'doom and gloom' messaging about the effects of climate change is really pushing humans to make a difference. True or False?
True
False
The guilt and fear associated with climate change actually makes people withdraw from the issue from a psychological standpoint because they would much rather think of something that makes them feel better. True or False?
True
False
Many people still think of climate change as a distant problem. True or False?
True
False
The 'hole in the ozone layer' in the 1970's got people's attention as a potential problem as it was one that could cause skin cancer from letting the sun's rays through with more UV intensity. True or False?
False
True
CFC stands for what?
Chalkaforma
carbons
Chlorofauna
carbons
Chlorofluoro
carbons
What do CFC's do to the atmospheric ozone?
They just hang there
They destroy atmospheric ozone
They enhance atmospheric ozone
Because people could see a concrete cause and effect on the ozone layer in the 1970's what happened as a result?
People didn't do anything, they didn't really care
People felt bad but they pushed those feelings aside
People reduced using aerosol sprays
People worked out a way to build more ozones in the atmosphere
Why is it harder to now stop climate change? There is more than one answer.
Sources are invisible
Sources cannot be stopped
Sources are more toxic than in the 1970's
Sources are more complicated
CO2 - or carbon dioxide - is now pouring out of which sources into the atmosphere. There is more than one answer.
Cars
Factories
Buildings
Classrooms
Scientists believe that if CO2 was visible (ie black in colour, say) humans would have dealt with this a long time ago. True or False?
True
False
The way to have humans change their mindset about the effect they are having on climate change is to just keep bombarding them with more and more doom and gloom messages. True or False?
True
False
How might electricity be saved? There is more than one answer.
Turn off your fridge
Have energy efficient appliances
Turn off the dishwasher powerpoint
Show people how they are using their electricity.
Having a 'social pressure' approach where people are given stickers according to how well they are doing has led to a reduction in electricity consumption because:
People are competitive
People can see their exact impact
People needed the stickers for decoration
Behavioural science is a new way forward in being able to help humans acknowledge and change the effects of global warming. True or False?
True
False
The video shows that small changes in behaviour can have major impact.
True
False
