Carbon Footprint
Carbon Footprint
Students will understand what a carbon footprint is and how it is calculated.
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00:00:10
What is a carbon footprint?
how much carbon you leave on the ground when you walk
a record of all of the places you visit in a day
a list of things that you do each day
a measure of how much carbon you release into the atmosphere
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00:00:28
What part of the world do the Preslers and Langes represent?
Industrial
Post-industrial
Developing
agricultural
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00:00:31
What part of the world do the Handa and Sharma families represent?
developing
post-industiral
rapidly emerging economies
agricultural
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00:00:56
What part of the world do the Maurice and Nicodemus families represent?
Developed world
Developing world
Post industrial world
industrial world
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00:01:38
Where does most of the energy used by the post-industrial world come from?
nuclear
wind
solar
burning of fossil fuel
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00:01:58
What happens to the carbon footprint of countries as they become developed?
it shrinks
it grows
it stays the same
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00:07:52
Why would using electricity increase a Carbon footprint?
electricity releases carbon into the air when it is used
it costs more than natural gas
we get power from alternative sources
most electricity is generated by burning fossil fuel
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00:10:49
How does energy use effect the carbon footprint as a country develops?
Developed countries use less energy and lower their footprint
Developed countries have been able to find ways to use energy without contributing to their carbon footprint so it is lower
As a country develops its people use more electricity and most of that is still produced by burning coal so the footprint grows
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00:11:30
What is used to supply heat for water and cooking as well as the home itself in most homes in a developed country?
wood
electricity
natural gas
carbon
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00:14:31
Which of the following is NOT part of the carbon footprint of a typical family in a developed country?
electricity use
natural gas heat
biomass heat
personal transportation
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00:16:59
How much of the world lives like we do, in a post-industrial (developed) country?
5%
10%
15%
50%
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00:17:46
How much of the world's energy does the United States use?
15%
20%
50%
75%
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00:18:00
How is the growth of the Carbon footprint of post-industrial countries described?
stable and growing slowly
growing rapidly
shrinking
inconsistent
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00:18:15
How is the growth of the carbon footprint of rapidly emerging countries?
stable and growing slowly
growing rapidly
shrinking
inconsistent
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00:18:48
What country has the biggest carbon footprint?
United States
India
Camaroon
China
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00:19:15
What type of economy has the smallest carbon footprint?
that of a developed nation
that of an emerging economy
that of a developing country
that of an industrial society
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00:25:15
What do you think your carbon footprint is like? How do you think you compare to others?
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