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Climate Change

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Climate Change in detail?

a)

Climate change refers to long-term shifts in

temperatures and weather patterns. These shifts may

be natural, such as through variations in the solar cycle.

But since the 1800s, human activities have been the

main driver of climate change, primarily due to burning

fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas.

b)

Planet on fire

c)

Crying Earth

d)

Changing Climate 😃

2.

What is the green house effect?

a)

The name of climate change legislation that passed by congress

b)

When you paint your house green to become an environmentalist

c)

When the gasses in our atmosphere trap heat and block it from

escaping our planet

d)

When you build a greenhouse

3.

Which one of these is not a heat--trapping gas?

a)

Methane

b)

Carbon Dioxide

c)

Oxygen

d)

Nitrous Oxides

4.

What is the contributing factor to Climate Change?

a)

Ozone layer hole

b)

Sun

c)

Greenhouse Gas emission,Fossil Fuel Burning

5.

Renewable energy comes from sources or processes that are constantly replenished.


Which of the following are renewable sources of energy?


*select all that apply*

a)

Solar Energy

b)

Fossil fuels (coal/petroleum)

c)

Wind Energy

d)

Hydropower

e)

Natural Gas

6.

Melting of ice caps due to global warming causes...

*select all the apply*

a)

A rise in sea levels

b)

Cooling of the earth

c)

Polar bear Extinction

d)

Evaporation

7.

Which natural process helps balance out the amount of carbon dioxide present in the atmosphere?

a)

Respiration

b)

Photosynthesis

c)

Deforestation

d)

Pollination

8.

The total greenhouse gas emissions caused by an individual, event, organization, service, place or product is known as...

a)

Evolution

b)

Carbon footprint

c)

Climate Change

d)

Coral bleeching

9.

What percentage of the earth's water is accessible and drinkable?

a)

70%

b)

100%

c)

0%

d)

Less than 1%

10.

The sixth mass extinction of wildlife on Earth is accelerating. More than 500 species of land animals are on the brink of extinction and are likely to be lost within 20 years...


Which of the following is causing this extinction?


*select all the apply*

a)

Loss and degradation of habitat (deforestation)

b)

Planting trees

c)

Climate change

d)

Recycling

11.

What is one piece of evidence that scientists use to support the idea of global warming??

a)

The average temperature of the Earth's surface and the average global temperature are both increasing

b)

The sun is travelling closer to the Earth

c)

The Earth is drifting closer to the sun

d)

The temperature of the sun is getting hotter

12.

What are the three main fossil fuels???

a)

natural gas, coal, oil (crude oil)

b)

oxygen, hydrogen, lithium

c)

solar heat, biodiesel, nitrogen

d)

gold, silver and platinum

13.

Which one of the following is not a heat-trapping gas/green house gas?

a)

Methane

b)

Carbon Dioxide

c)

Oxygen

d)

Nitrous Oxides

14.

What is Climate Change in detail?

a)

Climate change refers to long-term shifts in

temperatures and weather patterns. These shifts may

be natural, such as through variations in the solar cycle.

But since the 1800s, human activities have been the

main driver of climate change, primarily due to burning

fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas.

b)

Crying Earth

c)

Earth on fire

d)

Changing Climate 😃