Global Warming Quiz

Try this quiz! I guarantee that you won't get them all right!!! (I'll post the answers next week.)

1: The United States is responsible for over how much of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions?
A: 10%
B: 90%
C: 25%
D: 50%

2: Whenever we use electricity, we:
A: See better
B: Take energy from Japan
C: Help put greenhouse gases into the air
D: Don’t need candles

3: During the 20th century alone, the average surface temperature of the earth has increased by how much?
A: 1 degree
B: ¼ degree
C: ½ degree
D: 2 degrees

4: What should you do with your empty cans and bottles?
A: Start a band
B: Recycle or reuse them
C: Leave them lying around the house
D: Throw them in the garbage with everything else

5: The global population will see an increase in ____ if environmental conditions do not improve?
A: Flooding
B: Heat waves
C: Pink flamingos
D: Both a. and b.

6: Which country recently encouraged businesses to keep their air conditioning set to 82 degrees this summer in order to save energy?
A: The United States
B: Japan
C: Australia
D: France

7: Each year there are approximately how many more motor vehicles in the world?
A: 1,000
B: 2 million
C: 100 thousand
D: 16 million

8: About what percent of the annual increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide is due to the burning of fossil fuels?
A: 75%
B: 100%
C: 27%
D: 40%

9: By what year will numerous animal species and ecosystems become extinct due to global warming?
A: 2020's
B: 2080's
C: 3000's
D: Only the really weak species will die out; the rest will last forever

10: What is at risk if sea levels rise only 4 inches?
A: Many types of mammals that live on the beaches
B: Places like Florida and Louisiana
C: The whole United States
D: Probably nothing

~Muffin. :)