Grade level: 4th – 6th grades
Skills: Circle graph
Related environmental issues: Climate Change
The circle graph below shows how much carbon dioxide (CO2) was emitted from the world’s top five CO2-emitting countries in 2015.
- What country emitted the largest amount of CO2 in the world?
- India emitted half as much CO2 as the United States. What percentage of the world’s CO2 did India emit in 2015?
- European Union emitted twice as much CO2 as Russia. What percentage of the world’s CO2 did European Union emit in 2015?
- Together, what percentage of the world’s CO2 did the rest of the countries emit?
Sources: Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, “CO2 time series 1990-2015 per region/country”
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Answer keys
1. China
2. 7%
3. 10%
4. 100 – 29 – 14 – 10 – 7 – 5 = 35%