Environmental

Question 1

The World Health Organization declared _______ as one of the most polluted cities in the world.

Answer 1

Riyadh

Question 2

is the culprit in changing rainfall patterns in Asia and the Atlantic Ocean.

Answer 2

Aerosol

Question 3

concludes that this unhealthy environment “depends on poverty, increases the vulnerability of both the poor and non-poor living in the slums, and excludes the slum poor from growth.

Answer 3

Marife Ballesteros

Question 4

the result of billions of tons of carbon dioxide, various air pollutants, and other gases accumulating in the atmosphere.

Answer 4

Global Warming

Question 5

has sped up the rise in the world temperature. Is responsible for recurring heat waves and long droughts as well as for heavier rainfall and devastating hurricanes and typhoons.

Answer 5

Greenhouse Effect

Question 6

as allowed more breeding grounds for disease carriers like the Aedes aegypti mosquito and the cholera bacteria.

Answer 6

Flooding

Question 7

is possibly the greatest present risk to humankind.

Answer 7

Human-made climate change

Question 8

Signed by 192 countries to reduce greenhouse gases

Answer 8

Kyoto protocol

Question 8

World Bank report concluded that the protocol only had a slight impact on reducing global emissions

Answer 8

Kyoto Protocol

Question 9

Follow-up treaty to the Kyoto Protocol negotiated by 195 countries in December of 2015

Answer 9

Paris Accord

Question 10

Seeks to limit the increase in the global average temperature based on targeted goals as recommended by scientists.

Answer 10

Paris Accord