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Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing our world today. How much do you know about climate change? Take our climate change quiz and find out.

  1. Climate change exacerbates which of the following natural phenomenon?
    1. coral bleaching
    2. hurricanes
    3. drought
    4. all of the above
  2. What approximate percentage of carbon emissions is caused by cutting down forests?
    1. 10-15 percent
    2. 15-20 percent
    3. 20-25 percent
    4. 25-30 percent
  3. Americans make up a little less than 5 percent of the world population. Annual carbon emissions in the U.S. represent what percentage of the world total?
    1. 5 percent
    2. 15 percent
    3. 22 percent
    4. 33 percent
  4. What percentage of U.S. carbon emissions is generated by individuals driving cars and trucks?
    1. 5 percent
    2. 10 percent
    3. 20 percent
    4. 33 percent
  5. Which uses the most electricity in the average U.S. home?
    1. Water heater
    2. Refrigerator
    3. Heating and air conditioning
    4. Lights
  6. The death of the last of which animal marked the first documented species extinction driven by climate change?
    1. Golden toad
    2. Polar Bear
    3. Dodo
    4. Stellar's Sea Cow
  7. Average global temperatures have risen by approximately how much over the 20th century?
    1. 0.5 degrees Fahrenheit
    2. 1 degree Fahrenheit
    3. 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit
    4. 2 degrees Fahrenheit
  8. Climate change is projected to increase the spread of which of the following diseases?
    1. Lyme Disease
    2. Malaria
    3. West Nile
    4. All of the above

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Climate change picture credits (top to bottom, left to right): Photo © Jez O’Hare (pacific islanders); Photo © Mark Godfrey/TNC (ceiba tree, Venezuela).