Deck 3: Climate Change, and Pollution

Question 1

According to the IPCC, what is the likelihood that human activities are driving the warming the world has experienced?

A) 75%
B) 80%
C) 90%
D) 95%

Answer 1

95%

Question 2

Which of these is not a greenhouse gas?

A) Ozone
B) Methane
C) Nitrous Oxide
D) Hydrofluorocarbon

Answer 2

Ozone

Question 3

Which two technologies does geoengineering encompass?

A) Distributed and centralised power
B) Solar radiation management and carbon dioxide removal
C) Carbon capture and carbon storage
D) Carbon offsetting and carbon trading

Answer 3

Solar radiation management and carbon dioxide removal

Question 4

Which two sectors are the biggest contributors to historical GHG emissions?

A) Agriculture and manufacturing
B) Manufacturing and agriculture
C) Transportation and manufacturing
D) Industrial and construction

Question 5

What percentage of GHG emissions were just 100 companies responsible for, between 1988 and 2015?

A) 60%
B) 70%
C) 80%
D) 90%

Question 6

What percentage of water use is agriculture responsible for?

A) 60%
B) 70%
C) 50%
D) 80%

Question 7

How many major air pollutants are there?

A) 6
B) 10
C) 12
D) 8

Question 8

What does POP stand for?

A) Permanent Oxidant Pollutant
B) Permanent Organic Pollutant
C) Persistent Organic Pollutant
D) Persistent Oxidant Pollutant

Question 9

Light and noise pollution are a form of?

A) Water pollution
B) Air pollution
C) Ground pollution
D) Atmospheric pollution

Question 10

Which of these are not technologies to address pollution?

A) Remediation technologies
B) Abatement technologies
C) Pollution prevention technologies
D) Precautionary technologies