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Shrink Your Carbon Footprint Quiz

Test your knowledge about climate change, greenhouse gases, and how to reduce your carbon footprint with this engaging quiz! Learn the impact of our daily choices on the environment and enhance your understanding of the carbon cycle.

12 thought-provoking questions
Multiple choice format
Discover how your actions can help the planet

12 Questions3 MinutesCreated by EcoAware101

1. Reusing or recycling old items instead of buying new ones helps shrink your carbon footprint by:

Eliminating the need for new packaging to be created

Cutting out the CO2 released when transporting new products to the store

Making sure you don’t buy more than you need

All of the above

What’s the best way to shrink your carbon footprint?

Buy eco-friendly products

Wear smaller shoes

Use less – and buy less too!

The overwhelming majority of scientists agree that climate change is real and caused by humans.

True

False

Globally, which of the following economic sectors emits the largest percentage of carbon emissions?

Transportation

Buildings

Industry

Electricity and heat production

What role do the oceans play in the carbon cycle?

They are a major source of carbon dioxide.

The are a major absorber (sink) of carbon dioxide.

Both a and b

Neither a nor b

Carbon dioxide is a molecule comprised of one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms (CO2). Which atom, carbon or oxygen, has the greater atomic mass?

Carbon

Oxygen

Their atomic weights are the same.

People have been concerned about the rise in carbon dioxide in our atmosphere, the result of human activity, since what period of time?

18th century

19th century

20th century

21st century

Carbon dioxide is not the only carbon-containing compound in the atmosphere researchers are studying. What else are scientists looking at?

Carbon monoxide

Methane

Black Carbon (Soot)

All of the above

Which one of these increases the level of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere?

Driving a car

Traveling by plane

Cutting down trees

All of the above

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