Test your knowledge on our planet's biggest threat

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Test your knowledge on our planet's biggest threat - Carbon Emissions!

Take the Shipley Energy carbon emissions knowledge quiz to test how much you know about carbon emissions and how we can reduce our carbon emissions.

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When released into the atmosphere, which has the most effect on Earth's temperature? *

1 point

Nitrous oxide

Water vapor

Carbon dioxide

Methane

How much carbon dioxide does the average American emit into the atmosphere per year? *

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Half a ton

15 tons

1 megaton

In the 10,000 years before the Industrial Revolution in 1751, carbon dioxide levels rose less than 6 percent. Since then, they've risen by: *

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11%

49%

62%

Humans produce more than 36 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year. Where does the majority of it end up? *

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It lingers in the atmosphere

Trees and plants inhale it

The ocean absorbs it

If humans stopped emitting carbon dioxide tomorrow, what would happen to global temperatures? *

1 point

They would immediately begin to drop.

They would keep rising for about a decade, plateau for decades, and then very slowly drop.

They would immediately stop rising, flatten out, and then drop.

Which does more to reduce your carbon emissions: recycling in your household or switching to renewable energy? *

1 point

Recycling

Renewable energy

If every household in the U.S. started composting, the amount of reduced carbon emissions would be the equivalent of taking how many cars off the road? *

1 point

302,700 cars

2.5 million cars

10.2 million cars

17.7 million cars

Which energy option would reduce carbon emissions the most? *

1 point

Harnessing wind energy

Building solar farms

Investing in nuclear power

Capturing the power of waves

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