Deck 2: Greenhouse Gases: Warmer Isnt Better

Question 1

According to Carolan in Society and the Environment:

A) Roughly 20 percent of world population (all of whom reside in high-income countries) emit the vast majority of greenhouse gases.
B) Poor countries are the main emitters of greenhouse gases.
C) A country like Bangladesh emits the same amount of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere as an affluent country like the United States.
D) We do not keep track of greenhouse gas emissions at the national level.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

What is the stabilization triangle?

A) What goes under solar panels to hold them up.
B) A way to think about how we can go about stabilizing CO2 output by 2060.
C) A food pyramid designed for people looking to maintain their current weight.
D) A policy first used in China to stabilize population growth rates.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

[Blank] refers to policies designed to adapt to climate change while [blank] refers to policies designed to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases being emitted into the atmosphere.

A) Adaptation/mitigation.
B) Stagflation/motivation.
C) Stabilization/ adaptation.
D) Cooptation/mitigation.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which statement about buildings is true?

A) Buildings consume a small fraction of energy in the world.
B) While buildings consume a lot of energy in the US they consume very little energy at the global level.
C) Buildings consume a significant amount of energy in the US and even more at the global level.
D) Buildings consume almost all of the energy in the US.

Question 5

Which commodity was singled out in Society and the Environment for being highly sensitive to changes in climate?

A) Wine grapes
B) Tobacco
C) Marijuana
D) Corn

Question 6

Which of the following would NOT represent a wedge to be used to construct a "stabilization triangle"?

A) Making lower priced SUVs (sport utility vehicles) so people can afford to fill them up at the fuel pump.
B) Utilizing renewables (e.g., wind and solar) for energy generation.
C) Carbon capture and storage.
D) Increasing household energy efficiency.

Question 7

The "heat island effect" refers to:

A) The warming effect found in cities due to materials (e.g., pavement, cement, etc.) that absorb heat.
B) When islands in the ocean get warmer due to volcanic activity.
C) Small increases in temperature in homes due to unexplained weather phenomena.
D) The uneven warming that occurs in the microwave.

Question 8

The Yale Project on Climate Change found that:

A) One in 3 Americans are concerned about global warming.
B) Half of American think that global warming is human caused.
C) Both A and
D) None of the above.

Question 9

[Blank] are likely to increase due to climate change:

A) Informal settlements.
B) F
C) Refugees.
D) All of the above.

Question 10

Which of the following is a "vulnerable population' discussed specifically by Carolan in his chapter on Greenhouse Gases?

A) The working class.
B) The middle class.
C) Children, women and the elderly.
D) All of the above.

Question 11

Which of the following is the best definition of a carbon sink?

A) A landfill that stores C02 and methane gasses underground.
B) Storage of C02 underground below the groundwater table.
C) Storage of C02 above ground in storage tanks.
D) A natural or artificial reservoir that holds and stores greenhouse gases.

Question 12

Climate change refugees are expected to surpass all known refugee crises in terms of the number of people affected.

Question 13

Climate change-related risks in urban centers are a function not only of actual events but also of the capacity to respond to and withstand environmental threats.

Question 14

Urban centers in developed nations have more capacity to respond to and withstand environmental threats (like those attributable to climate change) than urban centers in developing nations.

Question 15

There are very few household actions that can reduce Carbon emissions.

Question 16

The energy consumed by the U.S. building sector constitutes a small 15% of carbon emissions in this country.

Question 17

Few U.S. citizens today believe that global warming is human caused.

Question 18

Space mirrors are an example of geoengineering to adapt to climate change.

Question 19

The Kyoto Protocol is probably the most well-known cap and trade scheme to mitigate climate change.

Question 20

Humans emit more than 35 billion tons of CO2 into the atmosphere annually.

Question 21

Define Adaptation and Mitigation.

Question 22

Define Climate change refugees.

Question 23

Define Informal settlements.

Question 24

Define Low elevation coastal zones.

Question 25

Explain and give examples of Vulnerable populations.

Question 26

Explain issues in Food security.

Question 27

What is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change?

Question 28

What is the cost of action versus inaction in regards to climate change?

Question 29

Discuss stabilization triangles and wedges.

Question 30

What are examples and advantages of Green building?

Question 31

Define and give examples of Geoengineering.

Question 32

Define Cap and trade.

Question 33

Describe the Kyoto Protocol.

Question 34

Of the Fast Facts presented at the start of Chapter 2 (Climate Change), which fact was most compelling to you and why?

Question 35

Which Fast Fact would you use to talk to and educate others about climate change? Why and what would you say?

Question 36

Discuss and explain how climate change affects food security, women, children and the elderly and how it affects people in urban areas and low elevation zones. Provide some additional facts from the chapter in discussing the vulnerabilities of each of these population groups to climate change.

Question 37

Why do some continue to deny the existence of anthropogenic climate change?

Question 38

What are your thoughts on geoengineering: can we effectively engineer ourselves out of this mess and thus avoid making any substantial changes to the status quo?

Question 39

How is climate change a social justice issue?

Question 40

What are some of the most pronounced impacts of climate change for those in low-income countries? And for those residing in high-income countries?