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The Climate Change Quiz
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Four teams – each identify a ‘speaker’
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Now we need a scorekeeper
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Rules
• A question is displayed…
• .. teams have max. 1 minute to think and agree
(till I say ‘STOP’)
• Teams with correct answer get 1 point
• If a team ready before 1 minute, the speaker can
yell ‘READY’ – and get an extra point (if correct)
• The team with most points wins!
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1: Why is the planet warming up?
A. The sun is getting closer and hotter as part of
a natural sun cycle
B. Heat-trapping gases are building up in the
atmosphere, preventing heat from the sun
escaping back out into space
C. Scientists do not know why the earth is
warming up, they just know that it is
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The Answer is B!
Humans release heattrapping gases into the
atmosphere
These heattrapping gases
let sunlight in
But they
prevent heat
from escaping
back out
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2: What is this process called?
A. Global dimming
B. Air pollution build-up
C. The greenhouse effect
D. Atmospheric thickening
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The answer is…
A.
B.
C.
D.
Global dimming
Air pollution build-up
The greenhouse effect
Atmospheric thickening
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3: What evidence of climate change
have scientists already observed?
A. The planet is warmer on average
B. The sea level is rising
C. There has been more intense cyclone activity in
the North Atlantic
D. All of the above
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Answer: D
A. The planet is warmer on average by 0.74°C
(2005 compared to 1906)
B. The sea level is rising by 1.8 mm/yr since
1961, and 3.1 mm/yr since 1993. The rate is
increasing!
C. There has been more intense cyclone activity
in the North Atlantic since about 1970.
D. All of the above
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4: What are the two biggest causes of
this build-up of heat-trapping gases in
the atmosphere?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Industry and energy supply
Agriculture and forestry (including deforestation)
Burning of fossil fuels and land-use change
Transportation and buildings
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This was sort of a trick question …
A. Industry (19.4%) and energy supply (25.9%)
B. Agriculture (13.5%) and forestry (including
deforestation) (17.4%)
C. Burning of fossil fuels and land-use change
(encompasses all of these categories!)
D. Transportation (13.1%) and buildings (7.9%)
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5: Can the terms ‘global warming’ and
‘climate change’ be used
interchangeably?
• Yes, they refer to processes closely related,
and people understand what you’re referring
to when you use either of them
• No, these are completely separate processes
and should not be confused
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The answer is Yes!
When the ocean, land and air get warmer
(global warming), things change in the climate
system (climate change)…
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6: If we stopped all greenhouse gas
emissions today, would we still have
climate change?
• No, the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
would quickly dissipate, immediately stopping the
warming and related changes in the climate
• Yes, humans have been adding greenhouse
gases to the atmosphere for so many years now,
that even if all emissions stopped today, the planet
would still continue to warm for decades to come
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If we stopped all greenhouse gas
emissions today, would we still have
climate change?
• No, the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
would quickly dissipate, immediately stopping the
warming and related changes in the climate.
• Yes, humans have been adding greenhouse
gases to the atmosphere for so many years
now, that even if all emissions stopped today,
the planet would still continue to warm for
decades to come.
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7. Match the term with the definition
Term
• Weather
• Climate
• Climate change
Definition
• Refers to average weather
conditions over a long
period of time (30+ years)
• Refers to conditions like rain,
temperature and wind over
hours to days
• Refers to a statistically
significant change in the state
of the climate (or average
weather) that persists for an
extended period of time
(decades or longer)
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Answers:
Weather
Refers to conditions like
rain, temperature and wind
over hours to days.
Climate
Climate Change
Refers to average weather
conditions over a long
period of time (30+ years).
Refers to a statistically
significant change in the
state of the climate (or
average weather) that
persists for an extended
period of time (decades or
longer).
The difference is in the timescale!
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8: If we know the climate change
projections for year 2100, do we need to
pay attention to forecasts on shorter
timescales?
• Yes, because between now and 2100 natural
climate variability and weather could bring us
conditions/events that are different from the longterm projections
• No, for example, if the climate change projection is
for drought in 2100, we know that we will gradually
experience dryer conditions over the next century,
so we just need to focus on drought-preparedness
and water resource management
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If we know the climate change
projections for 2100, do we need to
pay attention to forecasts on shorter
timescales?
• Yes, because between now and 2100 natural
climate variability and weather could bring us
conditions/events that are different from the
long-term projections.
• No, for example, if the climate change projection is
for drought in 2100, we know that we will gradually
experience dryer conditions over the next century,
so we just need to focus on drought-preparedness
and water resource management.
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9: If we experience an extreme weather
event, can we attribute that particular
event to climate change?
• Yes, climate change will bring more
extreme weather events, so we can
attribute (“blame”) each individual event
to climate change
• No, because weather fluctuates on shortterm timescales and climate change is
occurring over a much longer timescale
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Answer:
• No, because weather fluctuates on shortterm timescales and climate change is
occurring over a much longer timescale.
• However, an increase in the average
occurrence of extreme weather events
over time may be attributed to climate
change, especially if other forms of
natural climate variability can be ruled out.
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10: What is the definition of Climate
Change Mitigation?
A) Action taken to reduce the amount of
greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere.
B) Action taken to reduce the impacts of climate
change on lives, livelihoods and ecosystems.
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What is the definition of Climate
Change Mitigation?
The answer is
A: Action taken to reduce the amount of
greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere.
- B is called climate change adaptation:
Action taken to reduce the impacts of climate
change on lives, livelihoods and ecosystems.
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Let’s tally the points…
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Points
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Congratulations!
• Winning team, you get a prize!
• Losing team, we hope you had fun while
learning 
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