📃📌WEBQUEST 2 📝⏳

WebQuest 2 👀

First, look up the meaning of “carbon footprint.” Find it at https://timeforchange.org/what-is-a-carbon-footprint-definition

1. Fill in the definition here:

The total AMONG of GREENHOUSE gases PRODUCED to directly and indirectly SUPPORT human activities, usually expressed in equivalent TONS of CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2).

2. Provide some examples (from the same website):

- Amount of CO2 emitted by burning one liter of gasoline.
- Driving a car for 6 km.
- Producing a cheeseburger.

- Operate your computer for 32 hours.

- Production of 2 plastic bottles.

- Fly with a plane.

- Travel by public transportation.

- Heat your house with oil, gas or coal.

- Fuel consumptions.

- Electricity bills.

- Travel by public transportation.

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Go to this website: https://footprint.wwf.org.uk/#/ and take the quiz on your carbon footprint.

3. Quiz results:

- What is your carbon footprint weight? 12.2 tones ☹

- What is the target weight impact? My carbon footprint is 117% of my target impact on the world.

- What percentage was in stuff 18%, travel 43%, food 19%, home 20%?

Go to Youtube and watch “Plants and animals can adapt to climate change, right?” so that you can answer these questions.

4. When was the last time the Earth warmed up so fast? 55 million years ago.
5. What is the name of the current extinction event? The Anthropocene extinction.
6. What will probably happen by 2050?  90% of coral reefs could be gone by 2050.
7. About what proportion of mammal species could disappear by 2100? 1/5 of all mammas species on earth could be extinct.
8. Which type of plant would probably grow faster with more CO2, weeds or crops?

Higher carbon dioxide levels cause weeds to grow faster up to three times faster than crops.
9. How many dollars has climate change cost us in wheat and maize losses per year since 1980? Since 1980 it’s estimated climate change has already cost us 5 billion dollars a year on average in wheat and maize losses.

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Go to this website https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-change-multiple-disasters-at-once-
study-warns/ so that you can answer these questions.

10. According to a UN report, about how long do we have until climate change is irreversible?

We have little more than a decade to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere or it might be too late to reverse the worst effects of climate change.

11. Give an example of negative changes we’re already seeing.

Climate change is feeding more heat waves or severe storms, heavier downpours, stronger hurricanes and sea level rise leading to more heat-related health issues, wind and water damage to infrastructure, water quality issues, increased algae blooms and economic loss from damage and decreased production, drought and wildfires, water resources,

12. What would be the cost of ending the use of fossil fuels?

The cost an estimated 54 trillion dollars would be cheaper than dealing with the worse effects of climate change.