WorksheetsClimate Literacy Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is the greenhouse effect?
Certain gases in the atmosphere trap heat and warm the Earth
Life on Earth 'exhales' gas that warms up the atmosphere
The tilt of the Earth changes the amount of solar energy the Earth receives
The Sun is putting out more radiant energy over time
If the greenhouse effect is natural, then why is today's climate change a bad thing?
A small increase in greenhouse gas concentration can have a large effect of increased warming.
Humans have altered a natural process and exaggerated changes that might normally occur over millions of years.
Once released into the atmosphere, greenhouse gases remain potent for many years, making it difficult to reverse the process.
Abrupt changes to the climate system may have unintended outcomes that may pose challenges for societies, like more extreme weather, spread of diseases, a decline in marine life, or an alteration of ocean circulation patterns.
All of the above
Which activities are the largest contributors of greenhouse gases?
Deforestation
Electricity generation
Industry
Transportation
Landfills
What proportion of climate scientists has concluded that humans are the primary driver of today's climate warming?
34%
59%
76%
97% or more
Which country has emitted the most CO2 over time? In other words, which nation has the most responsibility for the greenhouse gases that are currently residing in the atmosphere?
China
USA
Russia
European Union
Saudi Arabia
How long does CO2 remain in the atmosphere?
CO2 washes out of the atmosphere seasonally.
CO2 remains in the atmosphere for 5-10 years.
CO2 remains in the atmosphere for up to 200 years, or more.
If we stopped burning fossil fuels today, what would happen to the climate?
Earth's average temperature would continue to rise.
Temperatures would continue to warm, then begin to cool down in 100 years or more.
Temperatures would fluctuate, but stay the same on average.
Temperatures would stop increasing once greenhouse gas concentrations stopped increasing.
What is the primary cause of the overall rising trend in CO2 in the atmosphere?
The increase in CO2 is caused by burning of fossil fuels
CO2 is increasing because we are coming out of an ice age
As human population grows, people exhale more CO2
CO2 is released by the oceans as they warm
What are the major causes of sea level rise? (there is more than one correct answer)
Melting sea ice
Melting glaciers and ice sheets
Rivers accelerating
Seawater expanding as it gets warmer
Rocks and soil washing into the sea
How fast to we need to stop burning fossil fuels to limit global temperature rise to 2 degrees C? (3.6 degrees F)
We need to stop burning fossil fuels by 2100.
We need to stop burning fossil fuels by 2040.
Fossil fuels don't matter, the Sun will cool and so will the Earth.
It's already too late to stay below the 2-degree threshold. We should have stopped burning fossil fuels in the early 2000s.
