Weather Extremes and Climate Change Documentary Viewing Guide

The range of weather extremes that we're experiencing today is already noticeably _________?

• different

• similar

• unchanged

• predictable

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Most of our cities and infrastructure are predicated on the range of events experienced in the era when a lot of the world was ________ and ________.

• engineered, built

• destroyed, abandoned

• ignored, forgotten

• imagined, planned

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We're already living in a world where the likelihood of seeing extreme heat events or really heavy downpours is different than it used to be.

• True

• False

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Extreme weather is when it gets much, much warmer or colder than average, or much wetter or drier than average.

• True

• False

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What is the main effect of climate change on extreme weather events according to the documentary?

• It increases the severity and frequency of extreme weather events.

• It eliminates all extreme weather events.

• It causes extreme weather events to occur only in winter.

• It reduces the frequency of extreme weather events.

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An extreme event does not have to be historically unprecedented to be influenced by climate change.

• True

• False

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Climate change usually isn't creating brand new types of extreme weather phenomena, but is making what was once rare much more likely.

• True

• False

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According to the video, what is a compound event?

• An event that happens only once

• An event that is less severe than expected

• An event where multiple extreme events occur together, creating a more severe outcome

• An event that only affects one region

Fill in the blank: The pair of devastating wildfires that occurred in the Los Angeles area early in 2025 were a classic example of what is sometimes called a ________ extreme.

• compound

• isolated

• singular

• random

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What led to highly abundant, unusually abundant growth of grass and brush before the fires in LA?

• A) A long drought

• B) An unusually wet period in the two years leading up to the fires

• C) Heavy snowfall

• D) A cold winter

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