Module 12 (5)

Question 1

What is climate change?

Answer 1

Long-term shifts in temperature and weather

Question 2

What is the main cause of climate change?

Answer 2

Human activities - large quantities of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere

Question 3

The planet has already warmed on average by ____ degree celcius since the 1850s

Answer 3

1.1

Question 4

emissions are increasing ____ percent per year

Answer 4

1.5

Question 5

by 2100 the planet is on track to warm ____ degrees compared to pre-indistrial levels

Answer 5

3.2

Question 6

Which gases from greenhouse gases are causing climate change the most

Answer 6

Carbon dioxide and methane

Question 7

Climate law change takes which two forms?

Answer 7

1. Climate change mitigation (laws that reduce greenhouse emissions)
2. Climate change adaption

Question 8

Explain the Paris agreement

Answer 8

its a treaty that seeks to limit temperature increases to below 2 degrees celcius above pre-industrial levels and limit it to 1.5 degrees

Question 9

Under the Paris agreement, what has Canada agreed to?

Answer 9

agreed to reduce its greenhouse emissions by 40-45% by 2030

Question 10

Our economy uses _______-intensive methods which is bad for climate change

Answer 10

Carbon-intensive