QUIZ 3- CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGES

What is the primary greenhouse gas responsible for anthropogenic climate change?

Which of the following sectors is the largest contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions?

• Transportation

• Agriculture

• Industry

• Electricity generation

What is the term used to describe the long-term increase in Earth's average surface temperature?

• Global warming

• Climate change

• Ozone depletion

• Sea-level rise

What is the main driver of deforestation, which contributes to climate change?

• Urbanization

• Mining activities

• Agricultural expansion

• Industrial pollution

What is the phenomenon where the Earth's oceans absorb a significant amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

• Ocean acidification

• Coral bleaching

• Thermohaline circulation

• Carbon sequestration

Which international agreement aims to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels?

• Paris Agreement

• Kyoto Protocol

• Montreal Protocol

• Copenhagen Accord

What is the term used to describe the process of capturing carbon dioxide emissions and storing them underground?

• Carbon offsetting

• Carbon neutralization

• Carbon sequestration

• Carbon pricing

Which renewable energy source has the highest energy density?

• Solar power

• Wind power

• Biomass

• Hydropower

Which region is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change due to its low-lying geography and high population density?

• Arctic region

• Sub-Saharan Africa

• Pacific Island nations

• Amazon rainforest

Definition of climate and weather

• “Weather is what you expect, Climate is what you get,

• “Climate is what you today, weather is what you tomorrow.”

• “Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get.”

• “Climate is what you receive, weather is what you plan.''