Science & tech
The “Energy and climate” quiz — Science & tech. It has 25 questions in five categories: Everyday Energy, Where Power Starts, Why It Warms, Climate Clues, Changing Course. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
An old bulb glows by heating a filament. What kind of bulb gets the same light with much less electricity?
Your power bill measures energy used over time, rather than power at one instant. What unit does it use?
What home device moves…
In the gameOn a glass hob…
In the gameA slowing electric car…
In the gameWhat is the machine whose blades catch the wind and turn a generator?
This pictured plant taps hot water from deep rock instead of burning fuel. What source of energy is it using?
The pictured rooftop modules…
In the gameAt the plant, electricity…
In the gameWhich uranium isotope in…
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Coal, oil and natural gas all release heat-trapping gases when burned. What is their shared name?
Earth radiates infrared heat; gases absorb some of it and warm the surface. What is this effect called?
What heat-trapping gas makes…
In the gameFresh ice reflects sunlight…
In the gameWhich greenhouse gas acts…
In the gameWarming seawater expands and melting land ice adds water. What rises along the world’s coasts?
What is the whitening of a reef called when heat-stressed coral loses its colourful partner algae?
Scientists drill a long…
In the gameAs seawater absorbs carbon…
In the gameA bird’s arrival date…
In the gameWhat is the material laid on an attic floor that slows heat loss in winter and heat gain in summer?
Rooftop panels make direct current, but most home appliances use alternating current. Which device bridges the two?
Steelmakers can use a…
In the gameA cement plant separates…
In the gameIn cement making, what…
In the gameAll 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.
