Climate Quiz

1 / 10

Which of these types of rubbish takes longest to decompose?

Plastic

Paper

Food waste

Steel

2 / 10

Which of these cities would make the greatest use of solar power?

Moscow

London

Cairo

Oslo

3 / 10

What is the meaning of ‘carbon footprint’?

Total emissions (direct or indirect) of all greenhouse gases by a person, an organization, an event, a product, a city or a country

Total reserves of carbon in the Earth’s forests

Carbon dioxide emissions from all industrial enterprises

Reserves of carbon that are transformed into carbon dioxide when crude oil and natural gas are burnt to obtain electricity

4 / 10

Which of these energy sources is not a fossil fuel?

Brown coal

Uranium

Natural gas

Peat

5 / 10

Which of these actions to maintain the temperature inside a building is not environmentally friendly?

Use of electric heaters

Sealing cracks in the window frames

Insulation of the front door

Use of heat reflectors behind radiators

6 / 10

Why is it better to use LED bulbs, although they are more expensive than energy-efficient fluorescent bulbs?

They are unbreakable, since they are made from particularly strong plastic

They have more varied designs, making them suitable for different sorts of lamps

They do not contain potentially dangerous mercury, they last longer and they use less energy

They can be disposed of together with general rubbish (they do not require special processing)

7 / 10

Which of these types of power plant does not use the power of water?

A wave power plant

A pumped storage power plant

A thermal power plant

An hydropower plant

8 / 10

What share of all the electricity produced in the world comes from renewable sources (including hydropower)?

More than 20%

10%

15%

Less than 5%

9 / 10

Which of these ways of getting around a city is the most climate-friendly?

Carpool (several people using one car to get to the same place, for instance to work)

Bicycle

Private transport with low fuel consumption

Public transport, such as buses

10 / 10

What does a thermal camera measure?

Heat loss from the pipes of residential and public buildings

Heat distribution on any surface, such as the walls of a building

The amount of heat used to keep a building warm

Carbon dioxide emissions from industrial enterprises

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