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1 / 20

What is CO2 equivalent used to calculate?

The amount of CO2 absorbed by a plant over its life

The volume of all greenhouse gases emitted from any activity, expressed in terms of CO2 for ease of measurement and understanding

Total carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere by several similar enterprises or organizations

Savings on fuel consumption to heat buildings

2 / 20

In which country was the first tidal power station built?

France

Japan

Great Britain

USA

3 / 20

In northern countries a passive building is a building which:

Does not use energy

Is very well insulated and loses almost no energy

Does not meet building standards

Is not computer controlled

4 / 20

Offshore wind farms are built:

On land, by the coast

In the mountains

In the sea, not far from the coast

In the middle of the ocean

5 / 20

Which of these energy sources is the most used in the world?

Wind power

Crude oil

Wood

Natural gas

6 / 20

Which of these energy sources emits the largest amount of greenhouse gases per unit of energy produced?

Solar energy

Crude oil

Natural gas

Coal

7 / 20

Which of these substances cannot be obtained from crude oil?

Plastic

Gas

Glass

Rubber

8 / 20

What is the meaning of ‘carbon footprint’?

Total reserves of carbon in the Earth’s forests

Carbon dioxide emissions from all industrial enterprises

Reserves of carbon that are transformed into carbon dioxide when crude oil and natural gas are burnt to obtain electricity

Total emissions (direct or indirect) of all greenhouse gases by a person, an organization, an event, a product, a city or a country

9 / 20

How can a person or a company compensate for their carbon footprint?

By switching off devices and lights when they are not being used

By planting trees

By reducing the number of lights

By choosing new energy-efficient devices

10 / 20

Which of these types of rubbish takes longest to decompose?

Steel

Paper

Plastic

Food waste

11 / 20

Why is it better to use LED bulbs, although they are more expensive than energy-efficient fluorescent bulbs?

They are unbreakable, since they are made from particularly strong plastic

They have more varied designs, making them suitable for different sorts of lamps

They can be disposed of together with general rubbish (they do not require special processing)

They do not contain potentially dangerous mercury, they last longer and they use less energy

12 / 20

Which of these cities is not threatened by rising levels of the world ocean?

Shanghai

Vienna

Bangkok

New Orleans

13 / 20

What climate factor defines the southern boundary of boreal forests?

Levels of precipitation

Atmospheric pressure

Cloud cover

Temperature

14 / 20

What is a ‘heat-island’?

An island in tropical latitudes

An island threatened with disappearance due to rising sea levels

The centre of a big city where the temperature is higher than in the suburbs

Part of a forest that has been burnt out in a fire

15 / 20

Where was the record set for the highest-ever air temperature on the planet (57.6 °C)?

The Sahara Desert

The Namib Desert

The Dead Sea

Death Valley

16 / 20

Since the middle of the 19th century the air temperature on Earth

Has fallen

Has not changed

Has risen

Rose sharply and then fell again

17 / 20

What is the climate of Barcelona?

Temperate

Tropical

Sub-tropical

Equatorial

18 / 20

By how much has the temperature on Earth risen since the second half of the 19th century?

By 5°C

By 10°C

By 1.2°C

By 2°C

19 / 20

Which of these methods do scientists use to find out about the climate on Earth hundreds of thousands of years ago?

Study of bubbles in Arctic ice

Study of meteorological data

Study of tree rings

Study of satellite images

20 / 20

The layer of air which envelops Earth is called:

The atmosphere

The cryosphere

The hydrosphere

The lithosphere

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