Session 1 - What is the climate change?
Italy
1. Climate change is:
A. Glacier melting
B. Heavy rainfalls phenomenon
C. a change in global or regional climate patterns
2. Climate change phenomenon is mostly due to
A. Severe weather conditions
B. Natural phenomena
C. Natural events and human behaviour
3. Environmental causes of climate change are, for example
A. Rise in temperature
B. Volcanoes eruptions
C. Human activities
4. Causes of climate change due to human behaviour are, for example
A. House heating
B. Floods
C. Ocean acidifications
5. In Italy there are:
A. Two main climatic areas
B. Four main climatic areas
C. Three main climatic areas
6. The main characteristic of climate in Calabria
A. Climate is harsh
B. Climate is mild
C. Climate is tropical
Poland, Katowice
1. What is the greenhouse effect?
a) the phenomenon of increasing the planet's temperature caused by the presence of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
b) overheating of the organism in a greenhouse etc.
c) is caused by the oxygen deficiency
2. Choose three greenhouse gases:
a) Oxygen, nitrogen, chlorine
b) Carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbon, nitrogen oxide (V)
c) Hydrogen, sulfur oxide (IV), nitrogen
3. What causes excessive methane emission?
a) Heavy car traffic
b) Breeding of animals
c) Occurrence of swamps
4. Choose 2 effects of global warming:
a) Melting of glaciers, increased number of hurricanes
b) Elevation of water levels, greater urban development
c) Increase of floods, industry growth in rural areas
5. What is the climate in our region?
a) tropical climate, always high temperature and lots of rain
b) Mediterranean climate - dry with a small amount of rainfall
c) moderate climate
6. Do you think that the climate in Poland is changing:
a) Yes
b) No
c) I do not know
Poland - Karczmiska
1. The biggest threat towards development is:
a) Climate change
b) Pollution
c) Melting polar ice-caps
d) Population growth
2. What is the Greenhouse Effect?
a) When you paint your house green
b) The name of climate change
c) When you build a greenhouse
d) When the gasses in our atmosphere trap heat and block it from escaping our planet
3. If Earth is like a greenhouse, carbon gases in the atmosphere are like the:
a) Ground
b) Sun
c) Plants
d) Glass
4. Which of the following are consequences associated with climate change?
a) hurricanes
b) heat waves
c) all of these
d) droughts
5. Which of the following is a greenhouse gas?
a) Methane
b) Carbon dioxide
c) Water vapor
d) all of the above
Spain
1. What is the weather?
a) The time you spend each day in a certain place.
b) The temperature and the rain in the different seasons of the year.
c) Atmospheric conditions that are repeated in a specific place during a period of time.
2. How is the climate of your region?
a) Our climate is dry and temperate, with little rainfall. It is called Mediterranean and continental climate.
b) In our area it rains continuously in winter. It is called tropical climate.
c) It's a wonder. Always good weather.
3. Do you think the temperature is rising in your region?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Sometimes.
4. What is global warming?
a) It is that the land and water of the beach is getting hotter.
b) It is an increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and the oceans.
c) It is the same as the greenhouse effect.
5. What consequences do you think it will have on the planet?
a) Ascent of the sea level, melting of poles, increase of hurricanes, drought, deforestation ...
b) Some floods on the coasts and some cities will disappear.
c) It has no consequences
6. Do you think you can do something to prevent global warming?
a) Yes
b) No
c) There is no solution.
Bulgaria
1. What do the Bulgarian children discuss at the meeting?
a/climate changes
b/ the books they have read
c/ share beautiful paintings
2. Which flower is looking for help from the Bulgarian children?
a/ edelweiss
b/ daisy
c/ starfish flower
3. In which of the two jars is water warmer?
a/ lidless jar
b/ lidded jar
c/ both
4. What do students’ measurements of the average temperature in Bulgaria show?
a/ temperatures rise
b/ temperatures drop
c/ normal for the period
5. What causes global warming according to the animated character?
a/ the Sun
b/ exhaust fumes
c/ balloons
Guadeloupe
1. What is climate in Guadeloupe ?
a) mountanious climate
b) mediterranean climate
c) tropical climate
2. What is Green House ?
a) a house which is green
b) the name of the house of ONU
c) a natural phenomenon that causes the temperature rise on the surface of our planete
3. What is the signification of COP 21?
a) the 21th Conference of Parties
b) the 21th birthday of the Earth’s day
c) the Conference of 21 Parties
4. Where the COP 21 took place ?
a) in Madrid
b) in Paris
c) in Rome
5. What year the COP 21 took place?
a) in 2000
b) in 2016
c) 2005
6. What is the average temperature of the Earth ?
a) 18°C
b) 15°C
c) 20°C