Drive it Down! – climate change and carbon cycle quiz
Climate change is complex – there are lots of interacting systems and lots of specialist language too.
The quiz in this activity has a focus on:
greenhouse gases and where they come from
ways to reduce emissions
carbon dioxide and the carbon cycle
key terms and related acronyms.
Drive it Down! – climate change and carbon cycle quiz
Test your knowledge of greenhouse gases emissions within cities – the urban carbon cycle.
The quiz was developed for GNS Science’s Drive it Down! project, which supports younger students to learn about the carbon cycle and develop student-led initiatives to reduce fossil fuel emissions. Drive it Down! – a context for learning has additional resources and background information. Most of the information needed to answer the quiz questions can be found in the pop-up boxes in Drive it Down! – the carbon cycle and climate change and/or in the GNS Science Carbon Cycle.
Students can use the online quiz below or a paper-based version included in the Word file below. The paper-based version can be edited to suit your programme.
In this activity, students answer questions related to greenhouse gas emissions within cities. By the end of the activity, students should be able to:
use reading literacy skills to locate information and answer the quiz questions
identify some greenhouse gases
recognise specialist vocabulary and acronyms related to greenhouse gas emissions and measurement
discuss some aspects of the carbon cycle
discuss greenhouse gas sources in urban areas
discuss related mitigation strategies such as active transport/changing transport modes.
Kahoot! quiz
Drive it Down! offers this quiz on Kahoot! Many of the quiz answers reward users with an illustration. This image is the answer to question 16 – but it could also be a clue!
Kahoot quiz graphics
Many of the answers on the Kahoot version of the quiz, reward users with an illustration.
This image is the answer to question 16 – but it could also be a clue!
Download the Word file (see link below).
Related content and activity ideas
Drive it Down! – a context for learning provides pedagogical suggestions and links to the New Zealand Curriculum. It includes Drive it Down! – the carbon cycle and climate change, which curates resources covering climate change, greenhouse gases, the carbon cycle and climate action.
There is a lot of specialist vocabulary associated with climate literacy. The following resources can be useful for learning about these key terms and key concepts that they underpin:
What happens when we reduce transport emissions? We got a peek when the world paused during the pandemic in 2020.
Useful link
The Carbon Cycle and Climate Change interactive platform presents the C booklet in an interactive format – along with quizzes, games and media.
Acknowledgement
This resource has been adapted from resources created for the Drive it Down! Measuring and mitigating school-gate emissions project. Scientists from GNS Science alongside educators developed the project and resources with funding from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment through the Unlocking Curious Minds fund and Te Herenga Waka University of Wellington Doctoral Scholarship. Further funding was provided by the Royal Society Te Apārangi Catalyst Fund (2020).
Contributors to Drive it Down!
Scientists from GNS Science developed the Drive it Down! project and resources. Funding was through the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment Unlocking Curious Minds fund, Te Herenga Waka University of Wellington Doctoral Scholarship and the Royal Society Te Apārangi Catalyst Fund (2020).
