Climate Change Quiz

Try out this Climate Change quiz to test your knowledge. Climate Change trivia explores the causes and consequences of long-term shifts in Earth’s climate, from the Industrial Revolution to today’s rising temperatures and extreme weather.

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Question 1 · Hard · 40 pts
Which scientist published an early calculation of CO2-driven warming in 1896?
Question 2 · Hard · 40 pts
Name the climate agreement adopted in 1997 that set a major benchmark in international emissions policy.?
Question 3 · Hard · 40 pts
The Paris Agreement’s central temperature goal says warming should be held to what level above preindustrial temperatures?
Question 4 · Hard · 40 pts
Beyond its main threshold, the Paris Agreement explicitly pursues efforts to limit warming to what temperature level?
Question 5 · Hard · 40 pts
What term describes the estimate of cumulative CO2 emissions compatible with a chosen temperature goal?
Question 6 · Hard · 40 pts
Which IPCC assessment cycle was completed in the early 2020s?
Question 7 · Hard · 40 pts
Which group publishes annual estimates of global carbon emissions?
Question 8 · Hard · 40 pts
Where does over 90% of the excess heat trapped by greenhouse gases end up?
Question 9 · Hard · 40 pts
What process occurs when seawater absorbs carbon dioxide, altering its chemistry?
Question 10 · Easy · 10 pts
Which gas has the chemical formula CH4?
Question 11 · Easy · 10 pts
Sea ice in the Arctic forms in which ocean?
Question 12 · Easy · 10 pts
What natural process helps keep Earth warm enough for life?
Question 13 · Easy · 10 pts
Coal, oil, and natural gas are known by what group name?
Question 14 · Easy · 10 pts
Trees remove carbon dioxide from the air during what process?
Question 15 · Easy · 10 pts
The ozone layer is mainly found in which part of the atmosphere?

Which scientist published an early calculation of CO2-driven warming in 1896?

Name the climate agreement adopted in 1997 that set a major benchmark in international emissions policy.?

The Paris Agreement’s central temperature goal says warming should be held to what level above preindustrial temperatures?

Beyond its main threshold, the Paris Agreement explicitly pursues efforts to limit warming to what temperature level?

What term describes the estimate of cumulative CO2 emissions compatible with a chosen temperature goal?

Which IPCC assessment cycle was completed in the early 2020s?

Which group publishes annual estimates of global carbon emissions?

Where does over 90% of the excess heat trapped by greenhouse gases end up?

What process occurs when seawater absorbs carbon dioxide, altering its chemistry?

Which gas has the chemical formula CH4?

Sea ice in the Arctic forms in which ocean?

What natural process helps keep Earth warm enough for life?

Coal, oil, and natural gas are known by what group name?

Trees remove carbon dioxide from the air during what process?

The ozone layer is mainly found in which part of the atmosphere?