26.3 Responding to Climate Change Quizizz Practice

The amount of carbon dioxide emissions for which an individual or group is responsible.

• Carbon footprint

• Carbon tax

• Carbon offset

• Carbon sequestration

• Kyoto protocol

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An international agreement that seeks to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

• Carbon footprint

• Carbon tax

• Carbon offset

• Carbon sequestration

• Kyoto protocol

A voluntary payment made when one industry or person, instead of reducing its own greenhouse gas emissions, pays another group or person to do so.

• Carbon footprint

• Carbon tax

• Carbon offset

• Carbon sequestration

• Kyoto protocol

A fee the government charges polluters for each unit of greenhouse gases they emit.

• Carbon footprint

• Carbon tax

• Carbon offset

• Carbon sequestration

• Kyoto protocol

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The storage of captured carbon, such as placing it underground.

• Carbon footprint

• Carbon tax

• Carbon offset

• Carbon sequestration

• Kyoto protocol

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Most cars are inefficient. In a typical car, only 14% of the energy from fuel is used to move the car.

• True

• False

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Carbon sequestration is a program in which a government sets a limit on carbon emissions, but allows industries to sell leftover allowances.

• True

• False

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Soil and forests absorb oxygen from the atmosphere.

• True

• False

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The U.S. did not sign the Kyoto Protocol.

• True

• False

The largest source of U.S. greenhouse gases is driving of automobiles.

• True

• False

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