9 January 2024

QUESTIONS

1: What is the main greenhouse gas that causes global warming?
2: What year did the Paris Agreement on climate change get signed?
3: Which country is the largest emitter of carbon dioxide as of 2023?
4: What is the main cause of rising sea levels?
5: What term describes the variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem?
6: What type of renewable energy gets its power from the sun?
7: Which gas, commonly known as laughing gas, is also a potent greenhouse gas?
8: What is the process by which plants convert carbon dioxide into oxygen?
9: Which continent is experiencing the most rapid ice melt due to global warming? 10: What is the primary source of ocean acidification?
11: What term refers to the gradual increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere?
12: Which international protocol aimed at reducing emissions of greenhouse gases was signed in 1997?
13: What phenomenon involves the trapping of the sun's warmth in a planet's lower atmosphere?
14: Which country has the most extensive area of rainforests?
15: What term describes the practice of growing plants and raising fish in a single, integrated system?
16: Name the process by which water vapour turns directly into ice without becoming liquid first.
17: What is the name of the United Nations body that assesses climate change science?
18: Which gas does deforestation and the burning of fossil fuels primarily release?
19: What is the main environmental concern associated with hydraulic fracturing (fracking)?
20: Which city hosted the 1992 Earth Summit?
21: What term is used for the gradual destruction or diminution of a habitat or ecosystem?
22: Name the phenomenon where agricultural areas turn into desert.
23: What is the main driver of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest?
24. What is the main technique that scientists use to gauge past climate conditions?
25: What term describes a period of very low rainfall, leading to a water shortage?
26: Which polar region is experiencing faster warming: the Arctic or Antarctic?
27: What is the term for the maximum amount of a pollutant that a body of water can sustain without harmful effects?
28: Name the 2009 international conference that focused on climate change








29: What type of energy is produced by the movement of water?
30: What is the main goal of the Green New Deal proposed in the United States?                                      

Answers

• 1: Carbon dioxide (CO2).
• 2: 2015
• 3: China.
• 4: Melting of glaciers and polar ice caps.
• 5: Biodiversity.
• 6: Solar energy.
• 7: Nitrous oxide (N2O).
• 8: Photosynthesis.
• 9: Antarctica.
• 10: Increased carbon dioxide absorption.
• 11: Global warming.
• 12: The Kyoto Protocol.
• 13: The greenhouse effect.
• 14: Brazil.
• 15: Aquaponics.
• 16: Deposition.
• 17: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
• 18: Carbon dioxide (CO2).
• 19: Groundwater contamination.
• 20: Rio de Janeiro.
• 21: Habitat destruction.
• 22: Desertification.
• 23: Cattle ranching and agriculture.
• 24: Ice core analysis.
• 25: Drought.
• 26: Arctic.
• 27: Carrying capacity.
• 28: The Copenhagen Summit.
• 29: Hydroelectric power.
• 30: To address climate change and economic inequality but was considered a failure.