Climate Change

Question 1

What percentage os global emissions are from fossil fuels

Answer 1

50%

Question 2

Uses for fossil fuels

Answer 2

Transport, heating, energy

Question 3

True or false: rise in population = rise in fossil fuels

Answer 3

True

Question 4

What percentage of global emissions come from agriculture?

Answer 4

20%

Question 5

True or false: agriculture produces large amounts of oxygen

Answer 5

False: methane

Question 6

True or false: rise in population =decrease in food demand

Answer 6

False: increase in food demand

Question 7

Effects of deforestation

Answer 7

Destroys carbon sink

Question 8

Examples of deforestation

Answer 8

Logging

Question 9

Why deforestation

Answer 9

Making space for urban areas
Building roads

Question 10

What’s the difference between mitigation and adaptation

Answer 10

Mitigation is making changes to reduce the severity of a situation

Adaptation is changing behaviour to better suit a situation

Question 11

Examples of mitigation

Answer 11

Alternative energy: solar, wind, geothermal.
Carbon Capture: expensive, stores underground.
Planting trees: carbons sink,afforestation

Question 12

Examples of adaptation

Answer 12

Change in agriculture
Manage water supply
reduce risk of sea level rise

Question 13

Detention os climate change

Answer 13

Long term shift in temperature and weather patterns