Climate change &
Environmental
Degradation
Risk &
Adaptation
assessment
ENVIRONMENT QUIZ
Climate change Quiz
1. What temperature rise will melt
most Andes glaciers?
a) 0.5-1.5oC b) 1.5-2.5oC
c) 2.5-3.5oC
2. How many deaths in 2010 as a
direct result of CC?
a) 50,000 b) 300,000 c) 2M
3. How many plant & animal
species will become extinct if
2oC increase?
a) 10% b) 20% c) 30%
4. How many more people will be
exposed to malaria in Africa if
there is a 2°C rise?
a) 10-20M b) 20-40M c) 4060M
5. What global temperature rise
will thaw the arctic sea bed?
a) 0.75oC b) 2oC c) 4oC
Climate change impacts
6. What displaces most
people today?
a) War b) Envir’l disasters
c) water stress
7. How many additional
a) 50M b) 500M c) 1.5- 2.5Bn
people exposed to dengue
fever if 4°C increase?
8. How many environmental
refugees will there be by
2020?
a) 5M b) 50M c) 500M
9. What predicted sea-level
rise this century?
a) <1m b) 1–3m c) >3m
10. How fast are tropical
rainforests disappearing?
a) 1 acre/day b) 1 acre/hr
c) 1 acre/sec
11. When will arctic passages
be navigable?
a) 2007 b) 2027 c) 2047