Ch. 6 - Solutions for a Changing Climate

Which of the following is NOT one of the four key areas part of solutions to climate change?

• adaption

• passivity

• mitigation

• innovation

_________ refers to actions that decrease greenhouse gas emissions or increase their capture.

• Mitigation

• Adaptation

• Progression

• Farming

Which country has NOT participated in the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol?

• Sweden

• Colombia

• Kenya

• United States

Renewable energy can be regenerated over and over.

• True

• False

A hydropower plant uses the energy of motion in flowing water to rotate a turbine, which activates a generator to produce ________.

• electricity

• coal

• natural gases

• water wells

Wind is used to spin wind turbines, which transforms mechanical energy into electrical energy. This is an example of...

• Hydroelectricity

• Bioenergy

• Solar Energy

• Wind Energy

Biomass includes materials from which of the following EXCEPT...

• trees

• agricultural crops

• animal waste

• all of the above

Energy that comes from the sun is called what?

• plant power

• solar power

• hydroelectricity

• geothermal

Write down one way people will have to ADAPT to climate change.

What do the three R's stand for?

• reduce, reuse, recreate

• reduce, replenish, recycle

• reuse, refresh, resupply

• reduce, reuse, recycle