Which of the following activities does not contribute directly to a person's carbon footprint?
  • Being driven to school
  • Growing
  • Taking a holiday abroad
  • Using a smartphone
Indirect carbon emissions are often overlooked when thinking about a personal carbon footprint. Which of the following is not an indirect carbon emission?
  • What you eat
  • Driving
  • Buying clothes
  • Packaging
To which environmental issue is the carbon footprint linked?
  • Acid rain
  • Background radiation
  • Climate change
  • Ozone depletion
Which of the following is not a method of reducing a carbon footprint?
  • Buying food that has been grown locally
  • Reducing the number of plane journeys
  • Building low-cost homes
  • Investing in renewable energies
As a LEDC develops economically ...
  • its carbon footprint is likely to increase
  • its carbon footprint is likely to decrease
  • its carbon footprint will remain unchanged
  • its carbon footprint will go down slightly for a month then will rise up again
The carbon footprint measures ...
  • the impact of humans on the environment
  • shoe size
  • the exact amount of carbon that a motor vehicle produces throughout its lifetime
  • the number of trees in a square kilometer of woodland
When a government, company or individual does something that compensates for their carbon emissions, it is called carbon offsetting. Effectively this reduces their carbon footprint. Which of the following is not an example of a method of carbon offsetting?
  • Flue gas desulphurisation
  • Improved energy efficiency
  • Renewable energy
  • Tree planting schemes
The Kyoto Protocol is ...
  • a geography book that has been made into a film
  • a system used to measure carbon footprints
  • an agreement made by governments to try to reduce their country's carbon footprint
  • a law about the quantity of greenhouse gasses a country is allowed to emit in one year
A carbon footprint of a country is given in ...
  • millimetres
  • tonnes of carbon
  • litres of carbon dioxide
  • kilograms of carbon dioxide per person
For which of the following can a carbon footprint be calculated?
  • All of the following
  • An individual
  • An Industry
  • A country
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