Lesson Y8-U05-L08

Y8-U05-L08 Mitigation: Reducing the Causes Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 11

20 questions

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Lesson Y8-U05-L08, Mitigation: Reducing the Causes: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 11: Year 8: Climate Change: Evidence and Choices, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What is mitigation in climate change?

    • Action that helps people cope with floods already happening in towns
    • A tax paid on imported food only, charged at the port
    • Action that reduces the causes of climate change by cutting emissions
    • A type of rock that stores carbon deep underground for millions of years

  2. What is adaptation in climate change?

    • Action that burns more coal to stay warm during long winters
    • Action that helps people cope with climate change impacts that already happen
    • Action that plants new forests in deserts only, far from any towns
    • Action that cuts greenhouse gases at source in power stations, car exhausts and factory chimneys

  3. What is renewable energy?

    • Energy stored in rocks deep underground for millions of years
    • Energy from sources that never run out, like wind, sun and water
    • Energy from coal and oil burned in power stations across the country
    • Energy from burning rubbish in open fires on the edge of towns

  4. What is a carbon sink?

    • Something that soaks up and stores carbon dioxide, such as a forest
    • A ship that carries coal across the ocean from port to port
    • A drain that removes carbon from factory chimneys before they release it
    • A gas that traps heat in the atmosphere above the cities

  5. What is a carbon footprint?

    • The weight of a coal power station, measured in tonnes
    • The total greenhouse gases caused by a person, product or country
    • The number of footprints left on a beach by walkers each summer, counted by rangers along the coast
    • The area of a country covered by forest and woodland each year

  6. Is building a higher sea wall mitigation or adaptation?

    • Mitigation, because it cuts emissions
    • Both at the same time, since walls also cut emissions
    • Neither, because walls do not affect the climate in any way, and their cost is not justified
    • Adaptation, because it helps people cope with the impact

  7. Is switching a power station to wind power mitigation or adaptation?

    • Mitigation, because it cuts emissions at source
    • Adaptation, because it helps people cope with floods
    • Adaptation, because it cools cities in summer heatwaves
    • Neither, because wind has no effect on emissions at all

  8. Insulating homes to use less gas is an example of which approach?

    • Adaptation to rising sea levels along the coast
    • Renewable energy from the Sun on the roofs of homes
    • A carbon sink in a forest that stores carbon dioxide
    • Energy efficiency, which is a form of mitigation

  9. Which electricity source releases the most CO2 per unit of electricity generated?

    • Hydro power
    • Solar power
    • Wind power
    • Coal power

  10. Which low-carbon electricity source produces almost no CO2 while generating power?

    • Gas power plants
    • Coal power
    • Oil-fired power stations
    • Wind power

  11. Why does burning coal for electricity add more CO2 than wind power?

    • Turbines need coal to spin
    • Burning coal releases CO2
    • Wind farms need lots of land
    • Wind turbines need diesel fuel

  12. Which two of these are renewable energy sources?

    • Wind and solar
    • Coal and gas
    • Gas and oil
    • Oil and coal

  13. Which is an example of energy efficiency?

    • Using more petrol in older cars on long journeys
    • Loft insulation that keeps heat in a home
    • Burning more coal to heat the same home each winter
    • Leaving lights on in empty rooms all night long

  14. Which of these is a carbon sink?

    • A factory that burns oil to make plastics for sale
    • A petrol car exhaust that releases fumes on the road
    • A growing forest that absorbs carbon dioxide
    • A coal power station chimney that releases smoke

  15. Which is the strongest reason renewables are used to cut emissions?

    • They produce almost no carbon dioxide as they run
    • They make the air hotter in the summer months
    • They never need any maintenance at all over their lifetime
    • They cost nothing to build anywhere in the world

  16. Why might trees be a weaker option than wind power for cutting emissions quickly?

    • Trees only work at night, when the air is cool and still
    • Trees cannot absorb any carbon dioxide from the air at all
    • Trees release more CO2 than wind power does over their lives
    • Trees grow slowly and can be lost to fire

  17. What is a disadvantage of wind power?

    • It needs coal to run, so it cannot work without power stations
    • It releases large amounts of coal dust into the local air
    • It depends on the wind blowing and has a high upfront cost
    • It makes the air much hotter around the turbines in summer

  18. What is the main aim of the Climate Change Committee's progress reports?

    • Recording daily weather in London across all the seasons
    • Selling wind turbines to companies that want to buy them quickly, and taking a share of the profits every year
    • Checking whether the UK is cutting emissions fast enough to meet its legal targets
    • Deciding which football teams win the national competitions

  19. Which judgement best compares wind power and planting trees for cutting emissions?

    • Both cut emissions at the same speed and cost the same to run
    • Trees cut emissions faster, while wind power has no effect on carbon, so trees should be planted instead
    • Neither helps reduce emissions at all, so both are a waste of money
    • Wind cuts emissions faster, while trees also help wildlife but act more slowly

  20. Why do experts describe mitigation as tackling the cause of climate change?

    • It removes people from the affected areas and moves them somewhere safer, ending the damage from warming
    • It stops the Sun from warming the Earth by blocking its light
    • It only protects coastal homes from storms and high waves
    • It cuts the greenhouse gases that drive warming, rather than only coping with the results

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