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Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Capturing and re-using rainwater

a)

adaptation

b)

mitigation

2.

Planting crops at different times of the year

a)

adaptation

b)

mitigation

3.

Switching from coal to nuclear electricity-generation

a)

adaptation

b)

mitigation

4.

Building sea walls and levees

a)

adaptation

b)

mitigation

5.

Making vehicle and industrial equipment more energy-efficient

a)

adaptation

b)

mitigation

6.

Relocating people away from coasts

a)

adaptation

b)

mitigation

7.

Reforestation

a)

adaptation

b)

mitigation

8.

Mandating more fuel-efficient vehicles

a)

adaptation

b)

mitigation

9.

Reducing overall energy use

a)

adaptation

b)

mitigation

10.

Generating electricity from solar panels

a)

adaptation

b)

mitigation

11.

What is the accurate definition of climate change mitigation?

a)

The efforts to reduce or prevent the expected effects of climatic change

b)

The efforts to reduce or prevent build-up of GHGs in the atmosphere

c)

The efforts to reduce or prevent Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

d)

The efforts to reduce or prevent CFC in the atmosphere

12.

What’s the main reason of countries that heavily depend on industrial activity to stop trying to reduce their carbon emissions?

a)

Because it may damage their economy

b)

They don’t believe in climate change

c)

Only developed countries got the benefit from the treaty

d)

The impossibility to prevent climate change

13.

Vehicle emission is one source of greenhouse gasses. We could reduce the greenhouse gases by…

a)

Changing our vehicle every year

b)

Using public transportation

c)

Doing regular vehicle maintenance

d)

Using our own vehicle for a short trip

14.

One impact that we can see in our daily life regarding climate change is

a)

Sea Salt production becomes rare

b)

Extreme weather causing natural disaster

c)

Difficulties to find fuel and gas

d)

Frozen sea

15.

Which of the following sets of evidence supports global warming?

a)

CO2 levels rising

b)

Sea Levels rising

c)

Glacier mass decreasing

d)

All of the Above

16.

Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas

a)

Carbon dioxide

b)

Methane

c)

CFCs (Chlorofluorocarbons)

d)

Oxygen

17.

Which of the following is a mitigation measure to climate change

a)

Enforcing best current technology

b)

Prohibiting certain types of industrial processes

c)

Carbon Tax policy

d)

All of the above

18.

What is the accurate definition of climate change adaptation?

a)

The efforts to reduce or prevent the expected effects of climatic change

b)

The efforts to reduce or prevent build-up of GHGs in the atmosphere

c)

The efforts to reduce or prevent Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

d)

The efforts to reduce or prevent CFC in the atmosphere

19.

Which of the following strategies works to stabilise or reduce GHG emissions?

a)

Build flood defences

b)

Seed clouds to encourage rainfall

c)

Sustainable agriculture

d)

Increase reservoirs

20.

Which mitigation strategies would work on a huge scale in order to intervene?

a)

Adopt carbon taxes and remove fossil fuel subsidies

b)

Reduce waste energy by being more efficient

c)

Send mirrors into space in order to reflect sunlight away from the Earth

d)

Use of alternatives to fossil fuels