Have greenhouse gas emissions decreased in the United States?

Grade level: 4th -6th grades

Skills: Line graphs

Related environmental issues: Energy /  Air / Climate Change

 

The United States has attempted to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases sent into the air to fight climate change. The line graph below shows how much greenhouse gases was emitted in the United States per person every hour between 2000 and 2018.

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  1. In which year did the United States emit the most greenhouse gases per person every hour?
  2. In which year did the United States emit the least greenhouse gases per person every hour?
  3. Between which two consecutive years did the amount of greenhouse gas emissions per person change the most?
  4. In which year did the United States emit greenhouse gases as much as 2018 per person?

    a. 2000  b. 2008   c. 2011 d. 2015

 

 


Source:

U.S.Environmental Protection Agency, Greenhouse Gas Inventory Data Explorer.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2020. Draft Inventory of U.S. GreenhouseGasEmissions and Sinks (Tale ES-6).


 

Answer keys

1.2007
2.2017
3.Between 2008 and 2009
4.d

 

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