Global Warming Quiz

I once said that I'd try to stop being a perfectionist... Well, it's just, games and quizzes... It's not the same, alright? >.<

The correct answers are:

1. False (not only by natural factors)

2. China (emits the most greenhouse gases)

3. Venus (has a toxic atmosphere probably as a result of emitting greenhouse gases)

4. Compact fluorescent (are the kind of lightbulbs which need less energy)

5. 150.000 (deaths per year due to global warming)

6. 100 years (the time it takes to carbon dioxide to disintegrate in the atmosphere)

7. Narwhals (are the most endangered species due to global warming)

8. True (global warming is accelerated because of the melting of the ice-covered surfaces)

9. True (rising temperatures increase the risk of malaria)

10. Daytime (the time of a day a plane causes less damage to the atmosphere)

11. Sometimes (the hybrid cars save fuel)

12. All of the above (insurance companies, the fishing industry and wine commerce will suffer from global warming)

What surprised me? Well... carbon dioxide takes 100 years to disintegrate in the atmosphere? Lluïsa, you didn't tell us that! 

(oh oh oh, hopefully she'll never read this blog.. or at least not before 2015 :P)

Nah, but I didn't expect either that the melting of the ice-covered surface, which already is a consequence of global warming, even accelerates global warming. Well, it's quite logical if you think about it. The ice reflects the sunbeams quite well, so if they disappear, more warmth will be absorbed by the Earth and so the temperatures rise even more. But it's a bad chain of causes and consequences that lead to even worse consequences... How about saving the planet? Just an idea, I'm doing some brainstorming.