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Climate and Energy Quiz

Test your knowledge on climate change, energy sources, and their environmental impacts with our comprehensive quiz. Covering a range of topics from greenhouse gases to the effects of power plants, this quiz is designed for anyone interested in understanding environmental issues.

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32 thought-provoking questions
Multiple choice format for easy answering
Learn about the major contributors to climate change
Ideal for education and awareness

32 Questions8 MinutesCreated by EcoAware241

The energy produced by the power plants pollutes the environment itself.

True

False

Coal is the largest source of anthropogenic increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

True

False

Coal particles pollution caused approximately ......... Million deaths worldwide each year

ONE

TWO

THREE

FOUR

Which hydroelectric power plants have a greater impact on the environment ?

Power plants on plain rivers

Power plants on mountain rivers

Nuclear power plants produce more pollutant emissions than coal or oil when operating as planned.

True

False

What type of biofuel are pellets ?

Solid biofuels

Liquid biofuels

Gaseous biofuels

The decommissioning process of nuclear power plant can last.....

3-5 years

5-20 years

100-150 years

20-70 years

What is the minimum distance from wind power plants to residential buildings in most countries?

100 M

50 M

200 M

300M

The best way to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is when plants absorb it as part of the biological carbon cycle.

True

False

Which type of power plant requires more land ?

Solar thermal plant

Photovoltaic power plant

...... Is the largest source of anthropogenic increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Bioenergy

Coal

Fossil fuel

Nuclear energy

Fluorinated gases are sometimes referred to as High Global Warming Potential gases ("High GWP gases").

True

False

Which of the following provide the highest sources of negative impact to the environment based on the energy need

Which of the following is not a negative impact of hydropower

Flooding

Water losses

Water vapor

Negative impact on animals and fish

.............have a molecular structure made up of more than two component atoms that are able to vibrate with the absorption of heat energy

Solid biofuels

Liquid biofuels

Greenhouse gases

Gaseous biofuels

Water vapor is the most abundant and dominant greenhouse gas in the atmosphere.

True

False

The ratio of heat trapped by one unit mass of the greenhouse gas to that of one unit mass of CO2 over a specified time period is known as.

Greenhouse gases

Solid biofuels

Liquid biofuels

Global warming potential

Higher latitude countries may benefit from climate change, at least initially

True

False

.....is very climate sensitive

Solid biofuels

Agriculture

Gaseous biofuels

The United Nations body responsible for advancing knowledge on human-induced climate change

Center on Global Climate Change

Kyoto Protocol

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

.......operationalizes the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change by committing industrialized countries and economies in transition to limit and reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions in accordance with agreed individual targets.

Global warming potentials

Kyoto Protocol

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Which of the following is not an approach for mitigating climate change.

Reduced demand for emissions-intensive goods and services.

Increased energy efficiency

Constructing dam along river ways

Changes in land use and other non-energy emissions sources.

Switching to lower-carbon power, heat, transport, and building technologies

Which of the following is correct ?

People of primitive society had a great influence on nature.

The Middle Ages is characterized by intensive extraction of fossil fuels.

Significant increase in oil and gas consumption occurred in the 20th century.

There was no environmental pollution during the industrial revolution.

What is called a dynamic evolutionary process that fits organisms to their environment?

Danger

Adaptation

Safety

Revolution

How does the free economic market affect resource consumption?

It does not affect.

Reducing resource consumption.

Increasing resource consumption.

What is called an acceptable level of negative impact of natural and anthropogenic factors on the environment and people?

Environmental safety

Environmental hazard

Environmental impact

Environmental risk

Which global safety threat is not an environmental threat?

What is one of the tasks of environmental impact assessment?

Identification of environmental impact objects

Management of environmental risks

Monitoring of environmental impacts

Development of environmental legislation

What is not related to the objectives of the environmental safety system?

Assess the level of impact on the environment

Reduce negatrve impact on the environment

Increasang species diversity in the environment

Predict the condition of the environment in the future

What is called a model of civilization development, which is based on the need to maintain a balance between solving social and economic problems and preserving the environment?

Sustainable development goals

Concept of sustainable development

Environmental safety

Kyoto protocol

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