How much do you know about Climate Change?

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1.    What is climate?
A The average weather in a place over many years

B The current weather

C The air all around us

D All of the above.

2.    Climate takes hundreds,thousands even millions of years to change.

A True

B False

3.    Climate differs in regions of the world that receive different amounts of ...
A weather

B tornadoes

C sunlight

D All of the above.

4.    Climate change usually refers to ...

A the process of Planet Earth getting colder.

B the process of Planet Earth getting warmer.

C the process of the changing climate of Earth, either cooler or warmer.

D None of the above.

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5.    Planet Earth is getting warmer because ...
A summers are getting longer.

B the sun is getting bigger.

C people are burning more and more fossil fuels.

D All of the above.

6.    Warmer temperatures cause ...

A melting glaciers.

B stronger storms.

C threats to human halth.

D All of the above.

7.    Warming ocean temperatures are impacting whales, fish and other marine
mammals, so ...
A they aren't as hungry as they used ot be.

B they feel sleepy in warmer water.

C their migratory patterns are changing.

D All of the above.

8.    How is climate change affecting precipitation patterns?

A There is increasing precipitation everywhere.

B Dry and wet extremes are increasing.

C There is an increase of droughts everywhere

D All of the above.

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9.    Forests are important to mitigate climate change because ...
A they serve as a sink to the carbon cycle.

B they provide building materials.

C trees are an important food source.

D All of the above.

10.    An important example of a "positive feedback loop" in the polar climate

system is ...
A warming ocean water opens new areas for marine species.

B sea ice melt opens more ocean to sunlight, causing more melt.

C warmer winters cause more plant growth, providing more food.

D All of the above.

11.    __________ help to keep Planet Earth warm.

A Greenhouse gases

B Fuel exhaust gases

C Precititation gases

D All of the above.

12.    The main greenhouse gases are ...

A helium, air, ozone and hydrogen sulfide.

B water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and CFCs.

C oxygen, propane, water vapour and carbon dioxide.

D All of the above.

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13.    What are the main human actions that contribute to the greenhouse effect?
A Fossil fuels combustion.

B Clearing of forests for agriculture.

C Deforestation, soil tillage and land degradation.

D All of the above.

14.    The major social and economical consequences of climate change are ....
A less agriculture production.

B less air quality for plants' growth.

C increase of chroinic deseases.

D All of the above.

15.    The effects of global warming are ...

A loss of ice in the Artic regions and sea level rise.

B temperature increase, precipitation paterns change, sea level rise and

diseases.

C spending more time at the beach.

D None of the above.

16.    The most impactful action people can take to reduce the carbon footprint is
to...
A turn off the light more often.

B drive a hybrid car.

C eat a plant-based diet.

D None of the above.

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17.    People can make a difference on climate change by ...
A using less energy.

B limiting water use.

C reducing the waste.

D all of the above.

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