WRG Video Anthology and Quiz

Global Warming

After watching the Global Warming video, consider the questions below. Then "submit" your response.

1. The first indication of the impact of global warming in the video is:

The grapes in Cambridge are much larger than normal.

The grapes in Cambridge have ripened much earlier because of the hot summer.

The grapes in Cambridge are much sweeter than normal.

The grapes in Cambridge fell off the vine.

2. Those who disagree with the argument that humans are causing Global Climate change generally argue that:

There is no proof of temperature rise in recent years.

There is no proof that rising temperatures will be harmful to humans and other living things.

The rise in temperature of the Earth's atmosphere is actually beneficial.

The rise in the Earth's temperature is natural, not human-induced.

3. The new study mentioned in the video shows that the Earth's atmosphere:

Is warmer now than at any time in the past 2,000 years.

Is about the same temperature as the last period between ice ages.

Is cooler now than it was a thousand years ago when there were many vineyards in England.

Is heating up so fast the Earth will be too hot for human life very soon.

4. Despite the controversy about Global Warming, at the time the video was made:

The United States had declared global climate change a world priority.

The United Nations passed a resolution phasing out fossil fuel use by the year 2020.

The United States hoped to get Carbon Dioxide reclassified so it won't be considered a pollutant.

Most countries around the world did not recognize global warming as a problem.

5. The ice at Glacier National Park in the U.S. is predicted to be completely gone within:

50 years

30 years

20 years

10 years