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When Yale University quizzed US adults on the facts, most of them got a failing grade. How do you compare?

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Cuando la Universidad de Yale interrogó a estadounidenses adultos sobre los hechos, la mayoría no pasó la prueba. ¿Cómo te comparas?

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Greenhouse gases trap heat from the sun, reflected back from the Earth’s surface.

What does the “greenhouse effect” refer to?

Since the middle of the last century, the Earth has warmed on average by almost 2 degrees F (about 1 degree C).

In 2016, the warmest year on record, the average temperature of the Earth’s surface was about 58.8 degrees Fahrenheit (14.9 degrees Celsius). What was the average over the 30 years from 1951–1980?

All three are greenhouse gases. Another is nitrous oxide, which is emitted when farmers add nitrogen to the soil by using synthetic fertilizers.

Which gas is good at trapping heat from the Earth’s surface?

When fossil fuels burn, much of the carbon they contain combines with oxygen to form carbon dioxide.

Which gas is produced by burning fossil fuels?

Oil forms from the remains of tiny marine organisms, laid down in ocean sediments.

Which is a fossil fuel?

That’s just under 0.03% of the air, by volume.

Roughly how much carbon dioxide was in the atmosphere in 1850?

There is about 40% more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere today than there was in 1850.

Roughly how much carbon dioxide is in the atmosphere today?

Scientists have measured sea level rise with tide gauges and, more recently, from satellites.

How much do scientists estimate that global sea levels rose from 1900 to 2000?

There’s a delay between emissions entering the atmosphere and all of the related warming.

If we were to stop burning fossil fuels today, would global warming stop almost immediately?

China’s carbon dioxide emissions overtook those of the US in 2007.

Which of these countries emits the most carbon dioxide?

On average, each American is responsible for more than twice the carbon dioxide emissions of the average Chinese citizen.

Which of these countries emits the most carbon dioxide per person?

Curbing the amount of greenhouse gases emitted into the air will reduce global warming. The two top sources of US emissions are transportation and electricity production.

Which of the following actions would reduce global warming?

In 2010, when Yale University gave American adults a quiz including versions of these questions, 52% scored an F grade.

You got an F

You got a D

You got a C

You got an B

You got an A

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