Climate Literacy Quiz
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1. Question
Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?
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2. Question
Which one of the following statements about Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) is FALSE?
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3. Question
For at least the last 600,000 years leading up to the Industrial Revolution, the concentration of CO2 in Earth’s atmosphere has not exceeded…
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4. Question
Which of the following is closest to the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere today (as measured at the Mauna Loa Observatory)?
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5. Question
Global average temperatures have increased by __ degrees since the Industrial Revolution.
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6. Question
Global average temperatures have already increased by 1° C (1.8° F) since the Industrial Revolution. The maximum additional amount of global warming that is considered “safe” is __.
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7. Question
Which of the following is NOT a source of atmospheric carbon?
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8. Question
The cumulative amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted since the start of the industrial revolution is closely tied to the 1.5C of warming that has already occurred. Including the burning of fossil fuels, in addition to emissions related to land use, rank the following countries in order of total historical emissions.
- Russia
- China
- Brazil
- Indonesia
- United States
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9. Question
Which of the following is NOT a significant source of emissions?
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10. Question
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
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11. Question
Rank these actions in order of their impact on emissions reductions globally (in terms of Gigatons CO2 Equivalent Reduced over a 30 year period).
- Restoring around 50% of degraded or deforested tropical forest
- A 50–75 percent reduction of food waste from current levels
- A 3000% increase in distributed solar photovoltaic systems (ie; rooftop solar) by 2050
- A rise in electric car ownership to 20 percent of total passenger miles driven
- Increasing average worldwide recycling rate from today's rate of about 50% to 68%
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12. Question
Which of the following statements about global warming is FALSE?
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