Climate Crisis Quiz
Test your knowledge about global warming, climate change, and the greenhouse effect.

Select the choice which best answers the question
  1. The 'greenhouse effect' leads to a warming of the atmosphere. What causes it?
    Volcano eruptions like Mt. Pinatubo.
    A reduced ozone layer.
    Reflection of heat from window glass in buildings.
    An accumulation of some gases in the atmosphere
  2. Which of the following is NOT a consequence of the greenhouse effect.
    Proliferation of insects and spread of tropical diseases
    Increased frequency of skin cancer and eye cataracts
    Increased frequency and intensity of storms, hurricanes, floods, droughts and forest fires
    Disruption to human food supplies and creation of hundreds of millions of environmental refugees.
  3. Which of the following gases is not a greenhouse gas?
    Carbon Dioxide
    Water vapour
    Oxygen
    Methane
  4. How much CO2 is being emitted by human activities each minute?
    150 tons
    2.500 tons
    48.000 tons
    200.000 tons
  5. How many tons of CO2 has been emitted from the burning of fossil fuels since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution?
    850 billion
    1 billion
    2 trillion
    100 million
  6. How many tons of CO2 is buried under ground in coal, oil and natural gas deposits?
    1.5 billion
    250 billion
    750 billion
    37,000 billion
  7. Who is the largest emitter of CO2?
    United States
    China and India
    Africa
    European Community
  8. How much CO2 is emitted per year by one average car driving 10,000 km ?
    250 kilos of CO2 per year
    1 ton of CO2 per year
    2 tons of CO2 per year
    3.5 tons of CO2 per year
  9. The average global temperature has increased about 0.45 degrees C since pre-industrial times, when the burning of fossil fuels started. How many degrees Centigrade do experts predict that global temperature will increase with a doubling of atmospheric CO2 levels?
    0.5 degrees
    10 degrees
    1.5 to 4.5 degrees
    no one can predict
  10. Scientists estimate a doubling of atmospheric CO2 levels and the resultant global warming would cause sea levels to rise. Which of the following countries is most at risk of losing valuable populated and arable lands, as a result of a mere 60 cm rise in sea levels?
    New Zealand, Australia, China
    United States, Canada
    Bangladesh, Micronesia
    Norway, France, Italy
  11. Which of the following statements is correct?
    No alternative to fossil fuels exists.
    Alternatives to fossil fuels are not feasible and are not likely to become so in the next 50 years.
    Natural gas is the only alternative to oil and coal.
    Renewable energy technologies exist but political and economic obstacles are slowing their development.
  12. When will we experience the impacts of the greenhouse effect?
    Maybe in about ten years time.
    Most likely not for another fifty to a hundred years.
    We may be experiencing them already.
    Never.