What is Global Warming?

Choose an answer from the three choices and True or False offered after each question and then "Check Your Answers" at the end of the quiz.

1. Scientist predict the Arctic could be ice free in the summer months. Give or take 25 years, what is the year they believe it will happen?

• 2025
• 2050
• 2075

2. Saltwater Intrusion refers to the natural process, where saltwater encroaches on dried up fresh water reservoirs.

• True or False?

3. Over the last 10 years, according to the World Conservation Union, what animal has reduced its population by 17% and is projected to decline 30% in the next 35 to 50 years?

1. Sea Otter
2. Polar Bears
3. Killer Whales

4. According to scientist, Global Warming is caused by what element?

• Carbon Dioxide
• Oxygen
• Fahrenheit

5. How many tons of carbon is believed to be put into the atmosphere each year?

• 500,000 tons
• 1 billion tons
• 6 billion tons

6. What is the yet unproven theory that carbon dioxide emission can be captured and buried underground instead of being released into he atmosphere?

• Carbon demission
• Carbon sequestration
• Carbon Controflow

7. Beside carbon dioxide emission, what other chemical is spewed into the air?

• Gold
• Silver
• Mercury

8. Science believes, in order to stabilize the climate, how much emissions do we need to reduce?

• 30%
• 55%
• 70%

9. The Sierra Club believes that one out of every six woman of child bearing age is the U.S. has unsafe levels of mercury in her blood.

• True or False?

10. According to some green experts, how much Carbon Dioxide does U.S. power plants produce?

• 20%
• 40%
• 60%

Check Your Answers

• 2050
• True
• Polar Bears
• Carbon Dioxide
• 6 billion tons
• Carbon sequestration
• Mercury
• 70%
• True
• 40%

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