Lesson Y8-U05-L10

What Should We Do? A Climate Decision Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 11

20 questions

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Lesson Y8-U05-L10, What Should We Do? A Climate Decision: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 11: Year 8: Climate Change: Evidence and Choices, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What term describes a person or group affected by a decision or able to influence it?

    • Ecosystem
    • Stakeholder
    • Economist
    • Shareholder

  2. What term describes a duty to act based on your actions or identity?

    • Equity
    • Adaptation
    • Responsibility
    • Mitigation

  3. What geographical term means fairness while taking different starting situations into account?

    • Equality
    • Development
    • Equity
    • Globalisation

  4. What does it mean to justify a geographical decision?

    • Ignore minority views
    • Reduce local funding
    • Provide supporting evidence
    • Increase carbon taxes

  5. What term describes greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere by human activities?

    • Emissions
    • Evaporation
    • Radiation
    • Precipitation

  6. Which location is a primary stakeholder facing severe risks from rising sea levels?

    • Landlocked desert region
    • Highland mountain range
    • Inland boreal forest
    • Pacific island nation

  7. Which principle argues that countries with the highest past emissions must lead on cuts?

    • Population proportionality
    • Historical responsibility
    • Economic neutrality
    • Current emissions focus

  8. Which viewpoint argues that fast-growing modern economies must cut emissions immediately?

    • Only historical polluters act
    • Developing nations pay most
    • Current emitters must act
    • No countries need change

  9. Which of these four countries emits the most CO2 per person?

    • USA
    • China
    • Qatar
    • India

  10. Roughly how many tonnes of CO2 per person does Qatar emit each year?

    • About 14 tonnes
    • About 5 tonnes
    • About 0.6 tonnes
    • About 37 tonnes

  11. Roughly how many tonnes of CO2 per person does India emit each year?

    • About 14 tonnes
    • About 0.6 tonnes
    • About 8 tonnes
    • About 2 tonnes

  12. Why are per-person emissions often considered a fairer measure than total national emissions?

    • Focuses on landmass
    • Measures total wealth
    • Judges populations equally
    • Ignores country size

  13. Which major international climate change agreement was successfully reached in 2015?

    • Glasgow Pact
    • Kyoto Protocol
    • Paris Agreement
    • Rio Earth Summit

  14. What is a main reason why reaching global climate agreements is difficult?

    • Identical economic goals
    • Universal energy sources
    • Zero financial costs
    • Conflicting national priorities

  15. Why do developing nations argue rich countries should fund their climate adaptation?

    • Historic emissions
    • Global trade deficits
    • Natural disaster frequency
    • Population size differences

  16. Which evidence best supports the view that developed nations should act first?

    • Future weather forecasts
    • Recent renewable investments
    • Current population growth
    • Cumulative historical emissions

  17. Which evidence best supports the argument that fast-growing economies must cut emissions?

    • Pre-industrial carbon levels
    • Ancient climate proxies
    • Present-day emission statistics
    • Nineteenth-century coal data

  18. Why should geographers use multiple sources?

    • Check for bias
    • Find identical facts
    • Ignore official data
    • Save time printing

  19. Why should high-income countries fund climate adaptation abroad?

    • They cause volcanic eruptions
    • Historic emissions responsibility
    • They control global tides
    • They have more earthquakes

  20. Why is per-person emissions data essential alongside total emissions data?

    • Calculates ocean depth
    • Shows fairness between people
    • Measures total land area
    • Tracks wind direction

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