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Divide your class into two groups and then take turns asking the teams various questions about carbon footprints. Each right answer earns a point; if one team fails to get the answer, offer it to the other. If both fail, give the point to “CO2.” High score wins; don’t let “CO2” come out on top!

Here are some good sample questions: 

1. What is the C in CO2? (carbon)

2. The sun emits radiation. We feel it on Earth as …? (heat)

3. Name two greenhouse gases. (carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, ozone,

nitrous oxide)

4. Greenhouse gases get their name because of what they do to our atmosphere.

What is that? (heat it; trap heat; raise temperature)

5. If all of the Earth’s greenhouse gas was suddenly removed from the atmosphere,

the planet’s temperature would be much, much …? (colder)

6. The measure of how much carbon dioxide emissions you’ve helped produce is

called your …? (carbon footprint)

7. Fossil fuels emit carbon when burned. Name two kinds. (coal, oil, natural gas)

8. Humans breathe out carbon dioxide. Name two things that absorb it from the

atmosphere. (plants, oceans)

9. Name two renewable energy sources. (solar, wind, hydroelectric, biomass)

10. Name one way to reduce your carbon footprint. (Various answers are

acceptable, but the best will focus on consuming less energy. Bonus points for

creativity!)