What is Climate Change?

What is climate?

• The daily weather changes of an area.

• The average weather of a specific area.

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What is the main gas responsible for causing global warming?

• water vapor

• CFC's

• carbon dioxide

• methane

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What are some affects due to global warming?

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What is a way to reduce your ecological footprint?

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Which 2 are likely to result from global warming?

• increase in surface temperatures

• rise in ocean levels

• reduction in greenhouse gases

• decrease in air pollution

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Why are trees important in reducing climate change?

• they are important food source

• provide building materials

• use carbon dioxide (CO2) to make food

• reflect sunlight away

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Which is NOT a effect of an increase in global temperatures?

• rise in sea levels

• stronger hurricanes/storms

• changes in amount of rainfall

• diversification of animal species

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How does an increase in carbon dioxide affect global temperatures?

• decreases

• increases

• temperature stays the same

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Ocean acidification has increased by...

• 10%

• 20%

• 30%

• 50%

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Global temperatures are expected to increase by...

• 0-8 degrees

• 2-5 degress

• 2.5-10 degrees

• 15-25 degrees

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