Test your knowledge - Emergency on Planet Earth

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The science is clear
We are facing an unprecedented global emergency
We must act now

Read "Emergency on Planet Earth" then have a go testing your knowledge with this multiple choice quiz.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QdWn7PCDqNUQvzmPaJPMEYqsXKAVcuE0MPxcJVdaKjw/edit

Can you score full marks?

1) The past four years have been the hottest on record. *

1 point

True

False

2) By how many degrees has the average surface temperature of our planet increased since pre-industrial times? *

1 point

2oC

1oC

3) Current global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations are around ... *

1 point

310 ppm

410 ppm

4) How long have we known about the greenhouse effect? *

1 point

15 years

150 years

5) There is now absolutely no doubt that the recent increase in global temperatures is almost entirely due to human factors. *

1 point

True

False

6) How far back would you need to go to find carbon dioxide levels higher than today? *

1 point

3 million years

30,000 years

7) Where is 70% of the planet's land-based organic carbon found? *

1 point

Soils

Rainforests

8) In the 1970's, American multinational oil and gas corporation Exxon were aware of the likelihood and risks of human caused climate change. *

1 point

True

False

9) More than half of our total fossil fuel emissions have been emitted in the last 30 years. *

1 point

True

False

10) Climate change is leading to more frequent and more extreme heatwaves, heavier rainfall, and more intense tropical storms and hurricanes. *

1 point

True

False

11) The mega-heatwave that struck Europe in 2003 was made at least twice as likely due to climate change and led to how many more deaths than the average year? *

1 point

7,000

70,000

12) How many animals are the Australian bushfires of 2020 estimated to have killed? *

1 point

1 million

1 billion

13) How many trees have humans cut down throughout human history? *

1 point

3 million

3 trillion

14) How many trees are humans cutting down each year globally? *

1 point

1.5 million

15 billion

15) How many cows are there on our planet? *

1 point

1.5 million

1.5 billion

16) Producing a kilo of beef requires 50 times more water than for a kilo of tomatoes, cabbages or potatoes. *

1 point

True

False

17) 300kg of plastic enters the ocean every second. *

1 point

True

False

18) The rising number of new diseases from wildlife is driven in part by degradation of natural habitats, exploitation of wildlife and climate change. *

1 point

True

False

19) Air pollution is the world's largest environmental cause of disease and premature death, how many people die prematurely each year due to air pollution? *

1 point

1 million

7 million

20) With every 5 years of inaction, we lock in how many metres of sea level rise? *

1 point

0.02m

0.2m

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