An Inconvenient Truth
1. How thick is the earth’s atmosphere compared to the earth?
2. Basically, what is meant by “global warming”?
3. Why is the atmosphere thickening?
4. What was Roger Revelle the first person to do?
5. Why was this important?
6. What is happening throughout the Alps?
7. What information can be gained from ice core drilling?
8. Explain the relationship between CO2 levels and temperature?
9. When was the hottest year of all?
10. What is a result of the oceans getting warmer?
11. Why do science text books need to be rewritten?
12. How can global warming cause more flooding and more droughts at the same
time?
13. Describe the plight of the polar bear.
14. On a world-wide basis, what is the average annual temperature?
15. How is global warming affecting caterpillars?
16. Why are bark beetles not dying in Alaska?
17. What is happening to coral reefs?
18. At what rate is species loss estimated to be occurring?
19. If Greenland broke up and melted, what would happen to the sea level of Florida?
San Francisco Bay? The Netherlands?
20. How are the issues the same for China as they are for the US?
21. What 3 factors are causing collisions between civilization and the earth?
22. Regardless of how you look at the comparison, who is contributing the most to
global warming?
23. According to the peer-reviewed study to which Gore refers, how many scientists
claimed that global warming was untrue?
24. Where do the US auto standards fall in comparison with other countries?
25. Where do Canada’s auto standards fall in comparison with other countries?
26. Name 3 suggestions Gore gives for decreasing our carbon dioxide emissions.
27. What question may future generations ask of us?