How are climate change and global warming related?

Global warming causes climate change.

The Keeling Curve shows seasonal variations in CO2 levels and ________.

an increase in global CO2 levels in the past 50 years

An example of climate refugees would be a people who have had to move because ___________.

their homes were destroyed in a flood

The concept of the “Carbon Bathtub” is that _______.

humans pour more CO2 into the air than is absorbed

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1
Which is an example of a renewable energy source?
Solar
Oil
Natural gas
Coal
2
One example of a consequence of climate change would be _______.
increased CO2 levels
the greenhouse effect
severe droughts
human population increase
3
Charles David Keeling studied global CO2 levels at the _______.
Hayden Planetarium
Adler Planetarium
Griffith Observatory
Mauna Loa Observatory
4
Which Florida city has the highest risk of damage due to sea level rise?
Gainesville
Tallahassee
Miami
Orlando
5
How are climate change and global warming related?
Global warming causes climate change.
Climate change and global warming are the same thing.
Global warming has overtaken climate change.
Climate change is seasonal and global warming is long-term.
6
What factors might increase someone's chance of health risks related to climate change?
location
age
economic resources
all of the above
7
The Keeling Curve shows seasonal variations in CO2 levels and ________.
an increase in global CO2 levels in the past 50 years
their relationship to extreme weather patterns
the percentage of CO2 released by burning of fossil fuels
how we can slow global warming in the next 100 years
8
An example of climate refugees would be a people who have had to move because ___________.
they dislike the weather where they live
their country elected an unpopular leader
they lost their jobs and need work
their homes were destroyed in a flood
9
Which effect of climate change presents the most serious threat to coastal cities?
sea level rise
heat waves
wildfires
loss of glaciers
10
The concept of the “Carbon Bathtub” is that _______.
seawater is warming to the temperature of mild bathwater
the planet is being polluted by CO2 and needs to be cleaned
humans pour more CO2 into the air than is absorbed
sea level rise will one day cause oceans to overflow

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