Test your knowledge of forests and climate change in Virginia with our interactive climate change quiz! Can you answer all of the following questions and get a perfect score?

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1. When forests are cleared, they release which of the following gases, proven to cause climate change?
   
   
   1. helium
   2. carbon dioxide
   3. nitrogen
   4. hydrogen
2. What approximate percentage of carbon emissions worldwide is caused by cutting down trees?
   
   
   1. close to 10 percent
   2. close to 15 percent
   3. close to 20 percent
   4. close to 25 percent
3. Deforestation is the second leading contributor of carbon emissions worldwide.
   
   
   1. True
   2. False
4. Forests are destroyed at what rate around the world?
   
   
   1. one acre per day
   2. one acre per hour
   3. one acre per minute
   4. one acre per second
5. How many acres of forestland does Virginia lose each year?
   
   
   1. 200 acres
      
   2. 2,000 acres
      
   3. 20,000 acres
      
   4. 200,000 acres
      
6. Protecting one acre of mature forest from destruction is equivalent to taking how many cars off the road for one year? (hint: see our graphic to the right)
   
   
   1. 90 cars
   2. 60 cars
   3. 30 cars
   4. 1 car
7. Piney Grove Preserve provides habitat for Virginia’s last breeding population of the red-cockaded woodpecker, which was listed as endangered in 1970.
   
   
   1. True
   2. False
8. Protecting one acre of mature forest from destruction is equivalent to taking how many cars off the road for one year?
   
   
   1. 90 cars
   2. 60 cars
   3. 30 cars
   4. 1 car
9. In 2006, the Conservancy’s agreement with International Paper became the single largest private land conservation sale in the history by protecting 218,000 acres of forestland across ten states. How many acres were protected in Virginia?
   
   
   1. 900 acres
      
   2. 7,200 acres
   3. 14,500 acres
      
   4. 20,830 acres
      

Climate Change Quiz Scoring Guide

• 0-3 correct: Hmm… you still have a lot to learn about forests and climate change!
• 4-6 correct: You’re getting there. Learn more about the role of forests in reducing emissions.
• 7-9 correct: Great! You understand the importance of forests in defending against climate change.  Help us reduce the impacts of climate change now.