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Environment Quiz - Climate Change (Questions)

Explore climate change, what causes it, and why it matters. Test your understanding of greenhouse gases, global warming, and how changes affect weather, oceans, and people.

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Fascinating Fact:

A warmer atmosphere can hold more water vapour, which can affect rainfall patterns. This can increase the risk of heavier downpours in some places.

Climate change is a long-term shift in Earth’s climate, linked to rising greenhouse gas levels from human activities such as burning fossil fuels and changing land use. It can influence temperatures, sea levels, ecosystems, and the frequency of extreme weather.

Key Terms

Greenhouse gas: A gas, like carbon dioxide or methane, that traps heat in the atmosphere.
Global warming: The long-term rise in Earth’s average surface temperature.
Carbon footprint: The total greenhouse gases caused by a person, activity, product, or organisation.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

What is the difference between climate change and global warming?

Global warming is the rise in average temperature, while climate change includes wider effects such as shifting seasons, changing rainfall, melting ice, and rising sea levels.

What causes climate change?

Climate change is mainly driven by greenhouse gases released from burning coal, oil, and gas, as well as deforestation and some farming practices that increase methane and nitrous oxide.

How can people reduce climate change?

People can help by using less energy, choosing low-carbon travel, cutting waste, eating more sustainably, and supporting cleaner power and better efficiency at home, work, and school.

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Global warming is real. Since records began in 1880, the average temperature has risen by how many degrees?

[ ]	0.1^o Celsius
[ ]	1.1^o Celsius
[ ]	2.1^o Celsius
[ ]	3.1^o Celsius

As the planet warms up, we'll see some worrying events. Which of the following will happen?

[ ]	The Arctic will lose its ice
[ ]	The sea-levels will rise
[ ]	There will be more extreme weather
[ ]	All of the above

Global warming is caused by gasses such as water vapour, carbon dioxide, and methane. What do we call these?

[ ]	Garden shed gasses
[ ]	General gasses
[ ]	Greenhouse gasses
[ ]	Ghostly gasses

Some scientists (a tiny percentage of them) deny that humans are responsible for climate change. Why?

[ ]	Because the world is getting cooler
[ ]	Because Earth's climate has changed many times in the past
[ ]	Because it's natural processes that are producing carbon dioxide
[ ]	Because it's all part of God's plan

The “Paris Agreement” is an attempt to force countries to cut their carbon dioxide emissions. Three countries chose not to be included: Syria, Nicaragua and which other?

[ ]	Iran
[ ]	The United States of America
[ ]	Israel
[ ]	The United Kingdom

Larger countries produce the most CO₂, but not necessarily the most per person. How much CO₂ does each person in the UK on average emit per year?

[ ]	Less than 10 kg
[ ]	10 - 100 kg
[ ]	100 - 1,000 kg
[ ]	Over 1,000 kg

Industry is often blamed for climate change. Which sector emits the largest proportion of greenhouse gas?

[ ]	Energy production
[ ]	Food production
[ ]	Transport
[ ]	Manufacturing

Between 1900 and 1990, sea-levels rose by 1.5 mm each year due to global warming. How fast are sea-levels rising now?

[ ]	They are not rising anymore
[ ]	They are rising by 1 - 2 mm per year
[ ]	They are rising by 2 - 3 mm per year
[ ]	They are rising by 3 - 4 mm per year

Currently, there are 417 ppm (parts per million) of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. What is a “safe” amount?

[ ]	650 ppm
[ ]	550 ppm
[ ]	450 ppm
[ ]	350 ppm

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What can you do to help fight climate change?

[ ]	Turn down the temperature on your central heating
[ ]	Insulate your home
[ ]	Use energy-efficient appliances
[ ]	All of the above

Environment Quiz - Climate Change (Answers)

Global warming is real. Since records began in 1880, the average temperature has risen by how many degrees?

[ ]	0.1^o Celsius
[x]	1.1^o Celsius
[ ]	2.1^o Celsius
[ ]	3.1^o Celsius

That doesn’t sound like much but if temperatures continue to rise the effects will be disastrous

As the planet warms up, we'll see some worrying events. Which of the following will happen?

[ ]	The Arctic will lose its ice
[ ]	The sea-levels will rise
[ ]	There will be more extreme weather
[x]	All of the above

And that’s not all - we also expect to see more droughts, famines, and mass movement of people. There might even be wars fought over increasingly scant resources

Global warming is caused by gasses such as water vapour, carbon dioxide, and methane. What do we call these?

[ ]	Garden shed gasses
[ ]	General gasses
[x]	Greenhouse gasses
[ ]	Ghostly gasses

Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased by almost 50% since the Industrial Revolution - coincidence? I don't think so!

Some scientists (a tiny percentage of them) deny that humans are responsible for climate change. Why?

[ ]	Because the world is getting cooler
[x]	Because Earth's climate has changed many times in the past
[ ]	Because it's natural processes that are producing carbon dioxide
[ ]	Because it's all part of God's plan

They are right to say that Earth’s climate has changed before due to greenhouse gasses, usually emitted by volcanoes. The difference this time is the sheer amount of pollutants and the fact that it’s us humans who are producing them

The “Paris Agreement” is an attempt to force countries to cut their carbon dioxide emissions. Three countries chose not to be included: Syria, Nicaragua and which other?

[ ]	Iran
[x]	The United States of America
[ ]	Israel
[ ]	The United Kingdom

In 2017, then US President Donald Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the agreement. He is on record for saying that climate change is a "hoax”

Larger countries produce the most CO₂, but not necessarily the most per person. How much CO₂ does each person in the UK on average emit per year?

[ ]	Less than 10 kg
[ ]	10 - 100 kg
[ ]	100 - 1,000 kg
[x]	Over 1,000 kg

We are by no means the worst offenders - Qatar produces six times as much per person. But before we congratulate ourselves, let's remember that we need to cut all carbon emissions by at least 50% to stop global warming

Industry is often blamed for climate change. Which sector emits the largest proportion of greenhouse gas?

[x]	Energy production
[ ]	Food production
[ ]	Transport
[ ]	Manufacturing

Most greenhouse gas emissions come from electricity and heat generation. Transport is the second worst offender and with manufacturing and farming sharing third spot.
The answer is not to stop industry - rather, we must find greener ways to warm, feed and transport ourselves

Between 1900 and 1990, sea-levels rose by 1.5 mm each year due to global warming. How fast are sea-levels rising now?

[ ]	They are not rising anymore
[ ]	They are rising by 1 - 2 mm per year
[ ]	They are rising by 2 - 3 mm per year
[x]	They are rising by 3 - 4 mm per year

Unless things change soon, the sea will have risen by over a metre by the year 2100. That's enough to drown some low-level islands and to alter some coastlines