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Test your knowledge on pressing environmental issues with our engaging quiz! From climate change impacts to biodiversity challenges, this quiz covers a range of hot topics in today's world.

Learn about:

Carbon dioxide levels and their effects
Wildfire trends in the Western United States
Sea-level rise and its consequences

15 Questions4 MinutesCreated by CaringEarth42

Which of the following changes would all contribute to lowering your footprint?

Consuming less meat, moving to a larger house, taking public transport to work.

Consuming less meat, buying locally produced foods, taking public transport to work.

Consuming less vegetables, buying imported organic foods, carpooling to work.

Consuming less vegetables, buying locally produced foods, driving to work.

What is the current rate of extinction of species compared to past rates?

The extinction rate only rises during global catastrophes

The extinction rate is higher than the past

The extinction rate is lower than the past

The extinction rate has remained constant over time

What is the historical relationship between carbon dioxide and temperature?

As carbon dioxide levels increase air temperatures are not affected

As carbon dioxide levels increase air temperatures increase

As carbon dioxide levels increase air temperatures decrease

As carbon dioxide levels decrease air temperatures increase

What is the current level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

0.4% (4 parts per 1000)

0.04% (400 parts per million)

40% (4 parts per 10

4% (4 parts per 100)

Which information do climatologists learn by examining ice cores?

The sea levels of the past.

The past thickness of ice sheets

The past levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide

The temperature at which water freezes and ice melts

Which of the following is an estimate of the impacts of your use of natural resources, including food, water, energy, transportation, and production of wastes?

Ecological footprint

Ecological tipping point

Carbon Footprint

Body Mass Index

What was the stated goal of the Extreme Ice Survey project?

To raise funds to implement policy changes to combat climate change

To measure the rate of sea level rise

To obtain visual evidence of global warming

To measure the increase of carbon dioxide

What is the historical relationship between carbon dioxide and temperature?

As carbon dioxide levels increase air temperatures are not affected

As carbon dioxide levels increase air temperatures decrease

As carbon dioxide levels increase air temperatures increase

As carbon dioxide levels decrease air temperatures increase

What is happening to the Greenland Ice sheet?

It is releasing acids into the oceans

It is growing and pushing ice into the sea

It is decreasing in thickness and area

It is releasing carbon dioxide to the atmosphere

How have wild fires changed in the Western United States?

Fires have increased in frequency but decreased in intensity.

Fires have decreased in frequency but increased in intensity.

Fires have increased in frequency and increased in intensity.

Fires have decreased in frequency and decreased in intensity.

What is cryoconite?

Ice cores drilled from glaciers

Wind blown dust and soot deposited on glaciers

Chunks of ice that break off of glaciers

The erosion of soil by wind following droughts

Which of the following are predicted impacts of sea-level rise?

Increased damage due to storm surges; increased air temperatures

Flooding of low-lying coasts; increased damage due to storm surges

Flooding of low-lying coasts; increased air temperatures

Increased air temperatures; retreat of mountain glaciers

How does rising levels of CO2 in the atmosphere cause problems for the oceans?

As oceans absorb CO2 ocean levels rise

As CO2 dissolves in oceans the pH decreases (becomes more acidic).

As CO2 dissolves in oceans the pH increases (becomes less acidic).

It increases photosynthesis of marine algae

Since the Industrial Revolution, what % of the CO2 produced by burning fossil fuels has been absorbed by the oceans?

0-10%

30-40%

60-70%

20-30%

How does this rise in acidity affect life in the oceans?

Increased rates of photosynthesis

Coral reefs expand

It will be increasingly difficult for organisms that require calcium carbonate to make shells

All of the options are correct

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