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1. Climate change causes extreme weather conditions such as:

A all of these B excessive heat

C drought D extreme storms

2. What are greenhouse gases?

A glass in a greenhouse B gases that cause climate change

gases that are used to make green

C gases that emit green smoke D
coloured glass

3. It was hot all week last week. Is this a sign of climate change?

A Yes B No

4. Which type of energy do greenhouse gases (such as carbon dioxide) absorb?

A Gamma rays B Infrared energy

C Ultraviolet energy D Visible light

5. Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?

A Water vapour B Sulfur dioxide

C Methane D Nitrogen

6. Which gas is the largest anthropogenic (MAN MADE) contributor to global warming?

A CFCs B N 2O

C CH4 D CO2
 7. Does open water or ice have a higher albedo?

A Neither  B Ice

C Open water D Both

8. Why do carbon dioxide levels behave in the manner shown in the

graph?

levels decrease in the winter because levels decrease in summer because

A CO2 B CO2
there is less photosynthesis. there is more photosynthesis.

levels increase in winter because levels increase in summer because

C CO2 D CO2
more gasoline is burned. there is more decomposition.

9. Water vapor is a greenhouse gas

A T rue B False

10. Some greenhouse gases are naturally present in the Earth's atmosphere

A T rue B False

11. What is the Greenhouse Effect?

A T he way we get energy to our holmes B T he rising of sea level over time

T he trapping of the Sun's warmth in the

C T he Earth's atmosphere losing heat D
Earth'satmosphere

12. Human activity is adding additional greenhouse gases to the amount that are in the
atmosphere naturally

A T rue B False
13. How do plants use carbon - as carbon dioxide?

A Respiration B T ranspiration

C T ransportation D Photosynthesis

14. T he graph below shows CO2 emissions and temperatures from

1909 to 1949.  
What conclusion is best supported by the graph?

As carbon dioxide concentrations As carbon dioxide concentrations

A B
increase, temperatures increase increase, temperatures decrease

T here is no relationship between carbon

As carbon dioxide concentrations
C D dioxide concentrations and
decrease, temperatures increase
temperatures

15. Which of the following is the best conclusion that can be made
from this graph?

atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have

A Hawaii has a lot of carbon dioxide B
been decreasing since 1960

atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have humans have been working hard to
C D
increased steadily since 1960 decrease carbon dioxide levels

16. Which of the following have been linked to climate change? 

A droughts B flooding

C melting of polar ice caps D all of the above

17. If you took away the atmosphere’s natural greenhouse effect,
and everything else stayed the same, Earth’s temperature would
be 

A a lot warmer B the same

a little warmer
C cooler D
 warmer

18. T he greenhouse effect is beneficial as it helps to sustain life on

earth by naturally trapping heat in the atmosphere. 

A T rue B False

19. Which one of the following is NOT a possible consequence from enhanced global
warming?

methane escaping from melting

A B lower sea levels
permafrost

C Greenland ice melting D extermination of a species

20.  Which of the following activities contributes the most, worldwide, to carbon emissions?

A Deforestation B Agriculture

C Burning fossil fuels D Respiration

Answer Key

1.a 2.b 3.b 4.b

5.b 6.d 7.b 8.b

9.a 10.a 11.d 12.a

13.d 14.a 15.c 16.d

17.c 18.a 19.b 20.c