Causation and Correlation

If one factor is responsible for change in another factor, then it means there is causation.

• True

• False

Fossil fuels burn and emit ____________.

• sulfur dioxide

• chloride dioxide

• carbon dioxide

• nitrogen dioxide

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are increasing. Fossil fuel use is increasing. Knowing just these two facts and no other information, what is this?

• a positive correlation

• a negative correlation

• causation

• both A and B

More cars sold increases the level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. This is a positive correlation.

• True

• False

The increase in the awareness of people about global warming decreases the sale of plastic products. This is a positive correlation.

• True

• False

Burning fossil fuels leads to increased global warming. As a result, we can describe a __________ between these two factors.

• Correlation

• Solution

• Equation

• Causation

Student's high score is __________ his or her high amount of effort in studying.

• negatively correlated to

• caused by

• affected by

• positively correlated to

Which of the following shows causation?

• flooding leads to destruction of crops

• wearing light clothes and eating ice cream

• eating healthy foods and exercising

• studying well and doing household chores

When a student does not attend school regularly, his scores go down. This is a positive correlation.

• True

• False

Which of the following shows correlation?

• global warming causes species extinction

• greenhouse gases leads to high temperature

• flooding is caused by cutting down trees

• using renewable energy and planting more trees