Climate Change Mitigation

Mitigation is:

• the act of increasing harmful actions.

• the act of decreasing harmful actions.

• doing nothing about harmful actions.

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The main reason why climate change is happening.

• human behaviors

• plant behaviors

• animal behaviors

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Consuming (buying) items is connected to energy consumption.

• True

• False

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Consumer choice can have an effect on climate change.

• True

• False

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About __________ of food is wasted each year.

• 100 pounds

• 1 ton

• 1.3 billion tons

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Burning fossil fuels puts ________ into the atmosphere.

• oxygen (O)

• carbon dioxide (CO2)

• helium (He)

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A type of energy that can be used only once.

• non-renewable energy

• renewable energy

• infinite energy

A type of energy that can used over and over again.

• non-renewable energy

• renewable energy

• infinite energy

Political policies help to:

• create laws that can lead to reduced CO2 emissions.

• create laws that can lead to increase CO2 emissions.

• create laws that can lead to reduced Oxygen emissions.

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Efficient infrastructure can help mitigate climate change. Infrastructure is:

• planes, trains, and automobiles.

• buildings, roads, water treatment plants, and irrigation systems.

• plants, trees, and animals.

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