Climate Change – Early Elementary
1. Who tells people what the weather will be like tomorrow?
A. weathercasters
B. foresters
C. farmers
2. Who would know if drought was affecting the trees in a forest?
A. foresters
B. wildlife managers
C. weathercasters
3. Who would know if warmer temperatures were affecting birds?
A. wildlife managers
B. foresters
C. weathercasters
4. Who would know if their corn was not getting enough rain?
A. farmers
B. foresters
C. weathercasters
5. There was 1 inch of rain on Monday. There were 2 inches of rain on Thursday. There was 1 inch of rain on Sunday.
How many inches of rain fell over the whole week, Monday through Sunday?
A. 4 inches
B. 1 inch
C. 2 inches
6. The coldest temperature of the day was 55° F at 3:00 am. The warmest temperature of the day was 87°F at 2:00 pm.
What was the difference between the warmest and coldest temperatures of the day?
A. 32° F
B. 55° F
C. 142° F
7. The coldest temperature of the year was 15°F. the warmest temperature of the year was 92°F. What was the difference
between the warmest and coldest temperatures of the year?
A. 77°F
B. 107°F
C. 83° F
Correct Answer - A
Climate Change – Early Elementary
8. A town usually gets 50 inches of rain a year. One year it only gets 25 inches of rain. How much less rain than usual did
it get in that year?
A. 25 inches less
B. 50 inches less
C. 75 inches less
9. Which temperature is best for polar bear habitat in the Arctic?
A. 10 to 30°F
B. 40 to 50°F
C. 60 to 80°F
10. Which temperature is best for emperor penguin habitat in the Antarctic?
A. minus 10 to 10°C
B. 20 to 30°C
C. 30 to 40°C
11. Which temperature is best for monarch butterfly habitat in North America?
A. 65 to 85°F
B. 10 to 30°F
C. minus 10 to 10°F
12. Which temperature is best for ostrich habitat in Africa?
A. 25 to 40°C
B. minus 10 to 10°C
C. 10 to 20°C
13. How many centimeters of rain does a creosote bush in the Great Basin desert get each year?
A. 15 to 30 cm
B. 30 to 60 cm
C. 75 to 150 cm
14. How many inches of rain does a big bluestem grass plant in a prarie get each year?
A. 15 to 30 inches
B. 7 to 12 inches
C. 30 to 60 inches
15. How many inches of rain does a rubber tree in the Amazon rain forest get each year?
A. more than 80 inches
B. 15 to 30 inches
C. 30 to 60 inches
Correct Answer - A
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16. How many cm of rain does an oak tree get in a temperate forest?
A. 75 to 150 cm
B. 15 to 30 cm
C. 30 to 60 cm
17. When you are outside, when do you feel the warmest?
A. when the sun shines on me
B. when I stand in the shade
C. when the sun is behind a cloud
18. When you are outside and the sun feels too warm, what cools you off the most?
A. moving to the shade
B. facing the sun
C. turning away from the sun
19. What happens to the temperature of the water in a pan if you move the pan from the shade to the sun and leave it a
while?
A. the temperature goes up
B. the temperature goes down
C. the temperature stays the same
20. What happens to the temperature of the water in a pan if you move the pan from the sun to the shade and leave it a
while?
A. it gets cooler
B. it gets warmer
C. it stays the same
21. What would the temperature on earth be like if there were no sun shining on it?
A. it would be very cold
B. it would be warmer
C. it would be just the same
22. What is the temperature of the air inside a greenhouse compared to the temperature of the air outside?
A. it is warmer
B. it is cooler
C. it is the same
23. Why is the air inside a greenhouse warmer than the air outside?
A. the glass walls of the greenhouse trap heat
B. the glass walls of the greenhouse make the sunlight stronger
C. there is no shade
Correct Answer - A
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24. What happens to the light from the sun when it reaches the earth?
A. some of it changes to heat
B. some of it changes to electricity
C. some of it changes to clouds
25. What happens to a plant if there is not enough water in the place where it is growing?
A. it dies
B. it walks to another place
C. it grows bigger
26. Which animals need sea ice where they live?
A. polar bears
B. brown bears
C. black bears
27. What happens to a fish if there is not enough water in the stream where it lives?
A. it dies
B. it walks to another place
C. it grows bigger
28. What kind of matter is the air you breathe?
A. a mixture of gases
B. a mixture of solids
C. a mixture of liquids
29. What gas in air do you need to live?
A. oxygen
B. carbon dioxide
C. nitrogen
30. What gas in air do plants need for growing?
A. carbon dioxide
B. argon
C. helium
31. What gas do you breathe out into the air?
A. carbon dioxide
B. oxygen
C. nitrogen
Correct Answer - A
Climate Change – Early Elementary
32. What is water called when it is a gas?
A. water vapor
B. ice
C. snow
Correct Answer - A