Geography in the News - Term 2 - Week 5

1. The WMO* verified the record temperature of 38oC

reported in the Siberian town of Verkhoyansk in

which region on 20th June last year?

• a) Arctic

• b) Sahara Desert

• c) Himalayas

• d) Antarctica

2. High temperatures in Siberia are melting

permafrost releasing which greenhouse gas?

• a) CO2

• b) Methane

• c) Water vapour

• d) Chloroflurocarbon

3. Researchers say that rising temperatures will

allow which weather events to form beyond the

tropics and into the mid-latitudes?

• a) Cold fronts

• b) Thunderstorms

• c) Hurricanes

• d) Warm fronts

4. Which inhabited continent has warmed faster than

the global average but has been responsible for

just 4% of the world’s greenhouse emissions?

• a) North America

• b) Asia

• c) Europe

• d) Africa

5. In a world first, a judge in which country ruled in a

decision later reversed on appeal to a higher court,

that its government had a duty to protect young

people against future harm related to climate

change?

• a) USA

• b) Australia

• c) Japan

• d) New Zealand

6. Which country, the world’s biggest oil exporter,

has pledged to cut its carbon emissions to net

zero by 2060?

• a) Saudi Arabia

• b) USA

• c) Iran

• d) Russia

7. Why are countries being encouraged to decrease

their carbon emissions?

• a) Reduce pollution levels

• b) Limit global warming to 1.5oC

• c) Stop global warming

• d) Limit global warming to 0.5°C

8. A new analysis has shown that wind and solar

generated what percentage of global electricity

for the first time in 2021?

• a) 5%

• b) 10%

• c) 15%

• d) 20%

9. Including 2022, the Great Barrier Reef has had

how many bleaching events resulting from

warming seas since 1997?

• a) Two

• b) Four

• c) Six

• d) Eight

10.Satellite imagery has shown that which East

Antarctic ice shelf completely collapsed in

March?

• a) Congo ice shelf

• b) Conger ice shelf

• c) Bongo ice shelf

• d) Bonger ice shelf