This checkpoint tests Block B, Impacts and Responses: the impacts of climate change on oceans, sea level and biodiversity, mitigation and renewable energy, adaptation strategies including cultural burning, and Australia's role in international climate action.
This checkpoint assesses your understanding of the impacts of climate change and the ways we respond to them.
Impacts of climate change: ocean warming, sea-level rise and threats to biodiversity.
Mitigation and renewable energy: cutting emissions with solar, wind and storage.
Adaptation strategies, including Aboriginal cultural burning.
Australia's role in international climate action and the Paris Agreement.
1. The oceans have absorbed roughly what share of the extra heat trapped by greenhouse gases?
2. Coral bleaching happens when:
3. Ocean acidification is caused by:
4. The two main contributors to current sea-level rise are:
5. Which of the following is a renewable energy source?
6. Pumped hydro and large batteries are important for a renewable grid because they:
7. Building a sea wall to protect a coastal town from rising seas is an example of:
8. Aboriginal cultural (cool) burning is best described as:
9. A key aim of the Paris Agreement is to:
10. Which statement best describes Australia's emissions profile?
11. Describe TWO impacts of climate change on Australian ecosystems. Include data or a specific example for each. 4 MARKS
12. Distinguish between mitigation and adaptation. Give one example of each and explain why both are needed. 4 MARKS
13. Explain how Aboriginal cultural (cool) burning works as both an adaptation strategy and a form of sustainable land management, and why it is valued today. 4 MARKS
Tick when you have finished all questions and reviewed your answers.