Climate Change Quiz 2

What is the definition of coral bleaching?

• Corals under water

• When water is too cold

• cold water turning corals white

• When water is too warm, causing corals to turn completely white.

Deforestation:

• another words for forests

• is the act of clearing forests and cutting down trees

• is the act of building houses in forests

• is the act of planting trees

Ecosystem:

• a system

• a group of things

• the communities of plants and animals that live in the ocean

• a population of people

Malnutrition

• to be healthy

• having goof nutrition

• having enough nutrients/vitamins consumed

• not having enough nutrients/vitamins consumed

soil erosion

• dirt and mud

• when soil is placed on the ground

• when water or wind detaches soil particles

A reason why hurricanes are growing more powerful:

• Increase in wind speed is causing hurricanes to grow more powerful.
• Warmer ocean temperatures due to climate change are causing hurricanes to grow more powerful.
• Reduced deforestation is causing hurricanes to grow more powerful.
• Decrease in greenhouse gas emissions is causing hurricanes to grow more powerful.

The communities of plants and living things that live in the ocean are called:

• an ecosystem

• a population

• a species

• a group

Which of the following is not a consequence of hurricanes

• crops are left destroyed

• children suffer from malnutrition

• hurricanes can result in billions of dollars worth of damage

• some peoples houses are left unharmed

The loss of forests due to the clearing of trees is called:

• salinity

• deforestation

• reforestation

• soil erosion

Coral bleaching is when

• corals turn orange

• ocean waters get warmer

• algae sticks to corals as water temperatures rise

• algae leaves the coral making it turn bleach and vulnerable