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By how many degrees have the earth's ocean temperature increased since 1969?
5 degrees F
0 degrees F
.3 degrees F
10 degrees F
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What can you do to help slow climate change?
Conserve electricity
Increase your consumption of beef
3
Since the year 1850, when have the warmest years on Earth occurred?
1851-1852 were the warmest years
11 out of the 13 most recent years have been the warmest
average temperatures have decreased since 1850
4
Which country has passed a resolution to release no net/additional greenhouse gases by 2030?
The United States
Russia
China
Norway
5
What is one way that we can help slow climate change?
Use sustainable energy (wind, solar, hydro) when possible
leave water running when brushing your teeth
buy fruits and veggies that have been shipped from far away
leave lights and electronics on when not in use
6
What is the meaning of life?
potatoes
This is the wrong question
global warming
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Agreement signed by 195 countries limiting global temp increase to no more than 3.6 degrees F:
Greenhouse Gas Gaggle
Paris Agreement
Kyoto Protocol
Climate Change Agreement
8
In the last century, how much has the average global temperature increased?
0 degrees F
20 degrees F
.5 - .7 degrees F
1.2 - 1.4 degrees F
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How can we be part of the solution to slow climate change?
use and then throw away plastic spoons and forks often
eat food grown locally, compost, reduce trash
10
Happened on Venus? Increasing temps boiled away oceans - could no longer absorb excess CO2
global cooling
runaway greenhouse effect
homeostatic greenhouse effect
big bang
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How is an increase in ocean acidity impacting sea life?
It is threatening corals, clams and other shelled life
It will not affect 1 billion people who rely on the ocean
The number of jellyfish are decreasing
It is not a problem for the ocean food web
12
How are greenhouse gases warming the earth?
friction
they are not warming the earth
generating heat
trapping heat from the sun against the earth's surface
13
Which two states have adopted a plan to switch to 50% renewable, sustainable energy by 2030?
Oregon and Washington
California and New York
Massachusetts and Virginia
Ohio and Minnesota
14
Greenhouse gases in our atmosphere are natural, but have increased by burning fossil fuels
True
False
15
Dissolved carbon dioxide from human activity in our oceans has increased by how much?
0%
80%
100%
30%
16
Before the industrial revolution, carbon dioxide levels in the air was 280 ppm. It is now...
406.17 ppm
285.5 ppm
300.23 ppm
200.15 ppm
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What else can you do to help slow climate change?
yell at people who deny that climate change is real
vote for politicians who support renewable energy
18
What type of human activity is releasing greenhouse gases and changing climate?
riding bicycles
squashing insects with our shoes :(
using the sun and wind to generate power
burning fossil fuels
19
How high have sea levels risen in the last 100 years?
6.7 inches
5.2 inches
3 inches
1 inch
20
Name some signs of climate change
more extreme weather events - floods, tornadoes, droughts
less intense hurricanes
increase in species diversity
slightly less rainfall in the northeastern US
21
Name a greenhouse gas produced by burning fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas
carbon dioxide
oxygen
iron oxide
uranium
22
It is possible to run the world on 100% renewable, sustainable energy by the year 2050
true
false
23
Which statement describes the climate change that is happening on Earth?
Sudden reversal in wind current direction
The atmosphere is becoming dryer
Abrupt increase in Earth's temperature in the last century
24
What percentage of scientists believe climate change is being caused by human activities?
97%
25%
50%
3%
25
Which statement describes the climate change that is happening on Earth?
Abrupt increase in Earth's temperature in the last century
The atmosphere is becoming dryer
Sudden reversal in wind current direction
26
Massachusetts provides free and low cost solutions to help make your home more sustainable
true
false
27
A change that amplifies that change-warming arctic causes greater release of greenhouse gases
negative feedback loop
return to equilibrium
homeostasis
positive feedback loop
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A resource that can be used repeatedly and replaced rapidly and naturally
nuclear power
renewable resources
nonrenewable resources
coal, oil, natural gas
