COP26 BGE Quiz

What does COP stand for?

• Climate on Progress

• Conference of the Parties

• Collaboration of the People

• Continuity of Pollution

How many world nations will be represented at COP26?

• 96

• 196

• 296

• 396

Higher levels of which type of gas causes climate change?

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Helium

• Carbon Dioxide

Which of the following are impacts of climate change? More than one answer may be correct!

• Scotland can expect more snow in summer and​ more sun in winter

• Sea levels are rising at alarming rates (due to melting glaciers)​

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• Global land and sea temperatures are decreasing

• Extreme weather events are becoming more common such as floods and droughts 

COP26 has four main goals. Which one below is NOT a goal?

• Mobilise finance to help support necessary changes​ in countries across the world  ​

• Keep things the same to protect communities and natural habitats​ ​

• Secure global net zero and keep temperature changes within 1.5 degrees​ ​

• To encourage global collaboration to accelerate climate action​

What term means "achieving a balance between the greenhouse gases put into the atmosphere and those taken out"​

• Carbon plus zero

• Carbon divide zero

• Carbon gross zero

• Carbon net zero

By what year does the UK hope to reach its target of taking out the same amount of greenhouses gases from the atmosphere as it adds?

Businesses should be aware of the amount of carbon dioxide (a greenhouse gas) released into the atmosphere as a result of their activities.

This is called their carbon ________?​

• Footprint

• Handprint

• Walk

• Run

Which of the following are ways that individuals can reduce their personal carbon footprint? More than one answer may be correct!

• Turn off electronic devices when not in use to use less energy​

• Consider what we eat – less fruit and vegetables

• Recycle our rubbish properly​

• Reconsider how we travel – travel by car and taxi more

• Campaign for climate action and have it influence our spending​

Which of the following are ways that businesses can reduce their carbon footprint? More than one answer may be correct!

• Reduce plastic packaging​

• Discourage customers to recycle​

• ​Reconsider the products they sell e.g. electric cars rather than diesel​

• Use more green (renewable) energy sources​

• Use technology to increase paper and printing​