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Quiz: Global Warming

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18 questions

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Question 1

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Which of these was NOT cited in the 2014 report by the American Association for the Advancement of Science as evidence of climate change?

A. melting ice sheets

B. increased seismic activity

C. higher levels of greenhouse gases

D. rising temperatures

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Question 2

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The goal of December’s international accord on climate change is to

A. force developing nations to comply with firm limits on greenhouse gas emissions.

B. investigate whether climate change is occurring.

C. prevent the worst effects of climate change from happening.

D. all of the above

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Question 3

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According to the article, levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have risen 41 percent

A. in the past decade

B. since the environmental movement began

C. since the beginning of recorded history.

D. since the Industrial Revolution.

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Question 4

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Climate change has devastated the country of Mali by causing

A. rising ocean water to flood coastal areas.

B. serious droughts that have threatened food supplies.

C. a centuries-old seawall to crumble away

D. extreme storms that have taken lives and damaged buildings.

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Question 5

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The author discusses per capita income in Mali to

A. demonstrate that Mali’s high greenhouse gas emissions are linked to a rapidly growing industrial economy.

B. show that Mali lacks the resources to address the problems associated with climate change.

C. contrast Mali with other places hard hit by climate change, including the Marshall Islands.

D. all of the above

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Question 6

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How will rising seas in Bangladesh affect other countries, according to Tariq Karim’s prediction?

A. The flooding will spread quickly to other countries.

B. Any disaster there will devastate the global economy

C. Millions of Bangladeshis will flee to other countries.

D. Rising sea levels there will significantly diminish the world’s food supply

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Question 7

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Select the sentence from the text that best supports your answer to question 6.

A. “ ‘. . . we will not be able to keep them.’ ”

B. “. . . high tides in Bangladesh are rising 10 times faster than the global average.”

C. “. . . time for action may be running out.”

D. “ ‘We’re living through history . . .’ ”

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Question 8

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Based on your reading of the box outlining the Paris climate deal, what might a climate scientist say is a weakness of the climate deal?

A. Plans for cutting emissions are strictly voluntary

B. It creates a system of global peer pressure.

C. Both developed and developing countries are involved

D. Nations will reconvene every five years.

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Question 10

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Question 11

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Which country on the graph emitted about 2,250 million metric tons of greenhouse gases?

A. the U.S.

B. India

C. Russia

D. Indonesia

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Question 12

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China emitted just over three times as many metric tons of greenhouse gases as ___.

A. India

B. Canada

C. Japan

D. the U.S.

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Question 13

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Many want the U.S. to cut emissions to 5,000 million metric tons by 2025. That’s about a ___ from 2012 levels

A. 50 percent drop

B. 30 percent drop

C. 15 percent drop

D. 2 percent drop

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Question 14

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In 2012, Iceland emitted about 2.7 million metric tons of greenhouse gases, or about one thousandth of __ emissions.

A. China’s

B. the U.S.’s

C. India’s

D. Germany’s

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Question 15

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Which of these continents does not have a nation on the top 10 list of greenhouse gas emitters?

A. Europe

B. Africa

C. South America

D. both b & c

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Question 16

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Question 17

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Question 18

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