WorksheetsQuiz 7
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Which of the following is a greenhouse gas?
CO2
CH4
Water vapor
All of the above.
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 centimetres (6.7 inches) in the last century alone and going higher.
All of the above.
Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?
Water vapor
Methane
Oxygen
Carbon dioxide
Which greenhouse gas is mostly responsible for human-caused global warming?
Methane
Nitrogen
Carbon dioxide
Water vapor
Which planet in the solar system has the strongest greenhouse effect?
Earth
Mars
Venus
Mercury
What is the greenhouse effect?
Any process that makes the Earth warmer than it would normally be.
The emitting of the sun's heat from the atmosphere of a planet by gases in that atmosphere.
The trapping of the sun's heat in the atmosphere of a planet by gases in that atmosphere.
Any process that makes the Earth colder than it would normally be.
What is the average increase in global temperature since the late 1800s?
1 degree Celsius
2 degree Celsius
9 degree Celsius
3 degree Celsius
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 forestation of the world's rainforests.
To keep global temperature rise well below 2 Celcius degree pre-industrial levels and to pursue a path to limit warming to 1.5 Celsius degree.
To limit sea level rise to 3 feet above current levels.
To pursue a goal of 100% clean, renewable energy.
Wasting less food is a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
TRUE
FALSE
Which of these countries emits the most carbon dioxide?
CHINA
USA
UK
RUSSIA
What percentage of the global greenhouse gas emissions does the transportation sector emit?
1%
14%
33%
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
All of the above.
None of the above.
Where have some of the strongest and earliest impacts of global warming occurred?
In the tropics
In the northern latitudes
impacts of global warming are distributed equally all over the planet
If you removed the atmosphere's natural greenhouse effect, and everything else stayed the same, Earth's temperature would be:
10 to 20°F (6 to 11°C) warmer
30 to 40°F (17 to 22°C) warmer
10 to 20°F (6 to 11°C) cooler
50 to 60°F (28 to 33°C) cooler
Which of the following gases does not trap heat?
Carbon dioxide
Nitrogen
Water vapor
Methane
As average global temperature rises,
Average precipitation increases
Average precipitation decreases
Average precipitation unchanged
Which greenhouse gas is the main driver of Earth’s current warming?
Methane
Carbon dioxide
Nitrous oxide
Watervapor
