{"id":9785,"date":"2017-01-31T13:40:31","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T21:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/?p=9785"},"modified":"2017-02-02T14:52:24","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T22:52:24","slug":"think-know-climate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/2017\/01\/31\/think-know-climate\/","title":{"rendered":"So You Think You Know Climate?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Test your climate science knowledge, and maybe learn some new things along the way, with these 10 challenging climate questions. Answers will be posted on our Twitter<\/a>.\u00a0(No cheating!). <\/em><\/h4>\n

Post your score\u00a0with hashag #OSUClimateQuiz on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram to win a reusable chicobag!\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n
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  1. Which activity produces the highest amount of CO2 emissions?\n
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    1. Driving a passenger car to New York and back<\/li>\n
    2. Eating the average American consumption of meat in one year<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    3. By how much has the sea level risen in the last 100 years?\n
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      1. 1 inch<\/li>\n
      2. 3 inches<\/li>\n
      3. 7 inches<\/li>\n
      4. 12 inches<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
      5. How many of Earth\u2019s 17 hottest years on record have occurred since the year 2000?\n
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        1. 2<\/li>\n
        2. 6<\/li>\n
        3. 10<\/li>\n
        4. 16<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
        5. About how much Carbon Dioxide does a 50-acre forest of trees absorb every year?\n
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          1. 10,000 lb CO2<\/li>\n
          2. 200,000 lb CO2<\/li>\n
          3. 1,000,000 lb CO2<\/li>\n
          4. 1,500,000 lb CO2<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
          5. Roughly how much of the earth\u2019s forests have been cleared?\n
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            1. 10%<\/li>\n
            2. 20%<\/li>\n
            3. 50%<\/li>\n
            4. 70%<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
            5. If you took even half of your trips by bike instead of by car, you could reduce your annual carbon footprint by up to ____ .\n
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              1. 20%<\/li>\n
              2. 50%<\/li>\n
              3. 70%<\/li>\n
              4. 90%<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
              5. What is the main source of carbon emissions in the US?\n
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                1. Electricity Generation<\/li>\n
                2. Transportation<\/li>\n
                3. Industry<\/li>\n
                4. Residential<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                5. Approximately what percentage of US energy is generated from renewable sources?\n
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                  1. 5%<\/li>\n
                  2. 13%<\/li>\n
                  3. 25%<\/li>\n
                  4. 46%<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                  5. Preindustrial CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere were about 280 ppm. Current atmospheric concentration of CO2 is about\u2026\n
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                    1. 310 ppm<\/li>\n
                    2. 375 ppm<\/li>\n
                    3. 405 ppm<\/li>\n
                    4. 450 ppm<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                    5. Individuals such as yourself have the power to do something about climate change.\n
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                      1. yes<\/li>\n
                      2. Yes<\/li>\n
                      3. YES!<\/li>\n
                      4. All of the above<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                        Check your answers over on our twitter account<\/a>, and don’t forget to follow The Sustainability Office\u00a0for more climate related news, sustainability facts and more!<\/p>\n

                        Post your score\u00a0with hashag #OSUClimateQuiz on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram to win a reusable chicobag!\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

                        Here are a few things you can do to tackle climate change: https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2015\/12\/03\/upshot\/what-you-can-do-about-climate-change.html<\/a><\/p>\n

                        For more related quizzes, visit http:\/\/climate.nasa.gov\/climate_resource_center\/interactives\/quizzes<\/a><\/p>\n

                        Brought to you by Carbon Neutral 2025<\/a>.<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                        Test your climate science knowledge, and maybe learn some new things along the way, with these 10 challenging climate questions. Answers will be posted on our Twitter.\u00a0(No cheating!). Post your score\u00a0with hashag #OSUClimateQuiz on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram to win a reusable chicobag!\u00a0 Which activity produces the highest amount of CO2 emissions? Driving a passenger […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7925,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1292108,606653,1292103,1292109],"tags":[752340,707922,50446,196555,707956],"class_list":["post-9785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics","category-climate_action_plan","category-energy","category-student-sustainability-initiative","tag-climate-science","tag-cn2025","tag-quiz","tag-ssi","tag-test-your-climate-knowledge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7925"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9785"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9798,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9785\/revisions\/9798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}