- 1. Climate change and weather have completely the same meaning.
A) FALSE
B) TRUE
- 2. Global climate change means long-term changes over the entire Earth (such as warming temperatures, melting glaciers, rising sea levels etc).
A) FALSE
B) TRUE
- 3. Earth’s climate has constantly been changing — even long before humans came into the picture. However, scientists have observed unusual changes recently
A) FALSE
B) TRUE
- 4. The fuel in your car's gas tank comes from the chemical remains of prehistoric plants and animals, that's why we call oil, gas and coal fossil fuels
A) FALSE
B) TRUE
- 5. Burning 6.3 pounds of gasoline releases 20 pounds of carbon dioxide into the air.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
- 6. Throughout Earth's history, whenever the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere has gone up, the temperature of Earth has also gone up.
A) FALSE
B) TRUE
- 7. The ocean also absorbs a lot of excess carbon dioxide from the air, just like the trees and the plants. Unfortunately, the increased carbon dioxide in the ocean changes the water, making it more acidic. This is called ocean acidification.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
- 8. Gases in the atmosphere, such as carbon dioxide, trap heat similar to the glass roof of a greenhouse.
A) FALSE
B) TRUE
- 9. Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are not increasing.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
- 10. We can still fight negative climate change, but we all must act now
A) FALSE
B) TRUE
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