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Topic 7.3 Climate Change - Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies
Topic 7.3 Climate Change - Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies
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Which statement does NOT describe Adaptation Strategies for climate change
Adaptation strategies are used to live/adapt to impacts of climate change
Adaptation is used to maximize any positive effects of climate change
Adaptation strategies attempts to manage the impacts of climate change
Adaptation strategies are used to reduce, stabilize or remove GHGs
2
Using more solar, wind and tidal energy are examples of
Adaptation Strategies
Mitigation Strategies
3
Burning biomass (wood, manure, plant waste, biofuels) as a fuel source is a: (Hint: plants REMOVE CO2 from atmosphere)
Hint: Remember, plants REMOVE carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
Mitigation Strategy
Adaptation Strategy
4
Planting more forests and protecting mangroves to absorb excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is a:
Mitigation Strategy
Adaptation Strategy
5
Creating more marshlands and wetlands to buffer rising sea levels is a
Adaptation Strategy
Mitigation Strategy
6
Reducing the emissions of nitrous oxide (from fertilizers) and methane from (rice, cows, etc) is an example of a:
Mitigation Strategy
Adaptation Strategy
7
Building houses on stilts to avoid rising water levels, is:
Mitigation Strategies
Adaptation Strategies
8
Vaccinating more humans against infectious diseases carried by mosquitos is an example of
Mitigation Strategies
Adaptation Strategies
9
Carbon Trading
is considered a:
Adaptation Strategy
CCS Strategy
Mitigation Strategy
10
Riding a bike and walking more, instead of driving in a car, are examples of:
Adaptation Strategies
Mitigation Strategies
11
Ammonia in cow urine turns into NO2 when mixed with soils. Some cows have been trained to use a toilet (captures pee)
The Cow Toilet is called the MooLoo
Training a cow!? No way! I totally don't believe this is possible!!!!
This is an Adaptation Strategy
This is a Mitigation Strategy
12
Encouraging people to eat less meat would be a:
Adaptation Strategy
Mitigation Strategy
13
Reducing your energy consumption in your home (so less release of GHGs) is a:
Mitigation Strategy
Adaptation Strategy
14
An adaptation strategy for climate change involves:
trying to adapt/live with the consequences of climate change
increasing our release of Greenhouse gases (GHGs)
decreasing our release of GHGs
decreasing, stabilizing or removing GHGs from atmosphere
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Send mirrors into space to reflect light (offsets GHG impacts on heating). Less light reaches Earth, thus cools planet
Mitigation Strategies
Adaptation Strategies
16
Adaptation Strategies include the following:
Both of the above
None of the above
Using alternative energy resources (nuclear and renewables)
Geo-engineering projects (remove GHGs from the atmosphere)
17
Ethanol fuel (from sugar cane) may not be carbon neutral. Which reason below is NOT a carbon neutral reason.
CO2 is released in the transport of the ethanol fuel
a large amount of CO2 is released in harvesting and processing sugar cane
a large amount of CO2 is released in production of fertilizers for the crop
a large amount of water may be required to grow the crops
18
Setting higher taxes on buying fossil fuels for your car or truck is a:
Mitigation Strategies
Adaptation Strategies
19
Using energy efficient appliances at home, reduces energy and GHGs released from burning fossil fuels for electricity
This is an Adaptation Strategy
This is a Mitigation Strategy
20
"Carbon Neutral'' means any Carbon Dioxide released into the atmosphere from human activities is:
increased by further human activities
balanced by increasing GHG emissions
balanced by ozone depletion
balanced by an equivalent of carbondioxde being removed from the atmopshere
21
Carbon taxes (companies or homes that use more fossil fuels pay more for their carbon dioxide emissions). This is a:
Adaptation Strategy
Mitigation Strategy
22
A
CDR
technique
removes carbon dioxide
from the atmosphere. Which of the following is a CDR technique?
Using biomass as a fuel source
Land management programmes to protect forests
Carbon Capture and Sequestration techniques (scrubbers to remove CO2)
Adding N, P, Fe to oceans, helps more producers grow & increase upwellings
23
Which of the following is an adaptation strategy for climate change?
Cloud Seeding (sulfate or sea water sprayed into air to make more clouds)
Earthquake Monitoring
Planting Shelterbelts
Building flood defences
24
Climate change reduces freshwater access. Building desalinization plants to remove salt from seawater to make freshwater
Is a Mitigation Strategy
Is an Adaptation Strategy
25
Carbon Trading
is when governments create permits to emit maximum levels of CO2. Permits are divided among companies.
Companies that go beyond their permits can request more from the government
All companies must use their permits
Companies that don't use their permits can trade and sell them
26
In 2020, scientists found that replacing 3% of a cow's diet with seaweed results in an 80% decrease in methane emissions
This could be used as a Adaptation Strategy
This could be used as a Mitigation Strategy
27
Whis is NOT a Carbon dioxide removal technique? (CDR techniques)
Using Carbon scrubbers in factories
Protecting mangroves
Reducing agricultural use of fertilizers
Protecting boreal temperate and tropical forests
28
Fertilizing the oceans with nutrients of N, P, Fe, to encourage more algae growth, (and thus absorb CO2) is a:
Mitigation Strategy
Adaptation Strategy
29
A mitigation strategy for climate change involves:
trying to adapt/live with the consequences of climate change
decreasing, stabilizing or removing GHGs from the atmosphere
trying to take advantage of any benefits of climate change
increasing our release of Greenhouse gases (GHGs)
30
Planting crops in areas now receiving more rainfall, or planting drought resistant plants in dry areas is a:
Adaptation Strategy
Mitigation Strategy
31
Which statement best describes Mitigation Strategies for climate change:
Mitigation strategies can be used to reduce adverse affects change
Mitigation strategies attempts to manage impacts of climate change.
Mitigation stategies are used to maximize positive effects of climatechange
These strategies reduce, stabilize or remove GHGs (causes) of climatechange
32
Using large fans to directly capture GHG gases from the atmosphere and store them underground is a:
Adaptation Strategy
Mitigation Strategy
33
Developing more water conservation methods for agriculture is an example of:
Adaptation Strategies
Mitigation Strategies
34
In Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) techniques, scrubbers are used inside chimneys of industries to remove GHGs.
This is a Mitigation Strategy
This is a Adaptation Strategy
35
Encouraging people to car pool (drive several people in one car, not just 1 person in one car), or take the metro, is a
Adaptation Strategy
Mitigation Strategy
36
Mitigation Strategies include the following:
Reduce energy consumption in homes, industry, farms (less fossil fuel use)
Reducing release of nitrous oxide and methane from agricultural activities
Both of the above
None of the above
37
If forests are cut down, in order create more fields to grow sugar cane for ethanol, this is considered:
Not carbon neutral
Carbon neutral
38
Painting roofs of buildings white, to reflect more sun, thus increasing albedo, and reduce local air temperatures is:
Adaptation Strategies
Mitigation Strategies
39
In Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), carbon is:
2) carbon is released into atmosphere, then captured and stored underground
Both 1) and 2)
1) captured at the site of production and then stored underground
Neither 1) or 2)
40
People living in coastal areas that are flooded from rising waters, will need to move to new areas to live. This is a:
Mitigation Strategy
Adaptation Strategy
41
Building flood defenses to reduce coastal flooding is an example of:
Mitigation Strategies
Adaptation Strategies
42
Carbon Offset Schemes
help neutralize CO2 effects of 1 activity by investing in projects that cut CO2emissions elsewhere
Offset schemes often invest in reforestation or renewable energy projects
Individuals or companies may not change their own behavior
Choose a concern from the three options
They sell credits to individuals/companies that want to go "carbon neutral"
43
Public education campaigns to promote purchasing energy efficient appliances or using less energy at home are:
Mitigation Strategies
Adaptation Strategies
44
Spraying sulfate & seawater into air makes more clouds, which reflects sunlight & cools planet and produces rainfall
This is a Mitigation Strategy
This is an Adaptation Strategy
45
Composting food waste in homes (instead of it decomposing in aerobic conditions in landfills) is an example of a:
Adaptation Strategy
Mitigation Strategy
46
Developing rainwater harvesting containers to capture rainfall in cities is a:
Adaptation Strategies
Mitigation Strategies
47
Geo-engineering are projects that are large scale intervention projects to remove GHGs from the atmosphere.
True
False
48
Ethanol fuel made from crops (such as corn, wheat, soy or sugar cane) and burning it in vehicles instead of gas, is a:
Mitigation Strategy
Adaptation Strategy
49
Reducing use of fertilizers and encouraging more organic farming (which does not use artificial fertilizers) would be a:
Adaptation Strategy
Mitigation Strategy
50
Recycling more household wastes (so less use of resources, thus using less fossil fuels to make these products), is a:
Adaptation Strategy
Mitigation Strategy
51
A city developing a concentrated solar power plant (with mirrors), and decommissioning a coal power plant would be a:
Adaptation Strategy
Mitigation Strategy
