Changing climate

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a quick quiz about climate change
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Pregunta 1

Pregunta
Which of these is an explanation for climate change in the distant past?
Respuesta
  • Pollution from cars
  • Orbital changes
  • sun spots and changes in solar activity
  • volcanic eruptions and impact events

Pregunta 2

Pregunta
Which of these is NOT true
Respuesta
  • Climate change has always happened
  • Climate can change due to natural, and man made events
  • Climate naturally fluctuates over periods of time
  • Recent warming is not a result of human activities

Pregunta 3

Pregunta
Burning fossil fuels releases greenhouse gases which cause global warming
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 4

Pregunta
Which of these is NOT a greenhouse gas?
Respuesta
  • carbon dioxide
  • Methane
  • Nitrogen
  • CFCs

Pregunta 5

Pregunta
Click all that show global impacts of global warming
Respuesta
  • coral bleaching
  • Sea level rise
  • more forest fires
  • more drought prone areas
  • Growing glaciers
  • More extreme weather events such as storms

Pregunta 6

Pregunta
Which of these is NOT a solution to climate change?
Respuesta
  • Set targets to reduce Greenhouse gas emissions
  • increase recycling
  • Use more public transport
  • Use renewable energy such as solar
  • Turn lights off
  • Pick up litter

Pregunta 7

Pregunta
Developing countries are more vulnerable to climate change than developed countries.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 8

Pregunta
What are the environmental impacts of climate change?
Respuesta
  • Some species will become extinct
  • Glaciers will melt
  • sea levels will rise
  • Tropical storms will get more severe
  • People will have to leave their homes

Pregunta 9

Pregunta
Which was NOT an impact of the little ice age?
Respuesta
  • Glaciers covered the UK
  • Soil froze, killing crops
  • Rivers froze preventing trade
  • Trees stopped growing resulting in fuel shortages
  • Viking farmers abandoned Greenland
  • A great famine killed 25% of British farmers

Pregunta 10

Pregunta
Our global food supplies may be disrupted by climate change
Respuesta
  • True
  • False
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