NASA
Global Climate Change
Vital Signs of the Planet
Skip Navigation
menu close modal

MULTIMEDIA

Quiz: Our home planet

Quiz: Our home planet

Earth is an ever-changing place. How much do you know about your home planet? Take our quiz.

Browse our collection of climate-related quizzes here.

Credit

NASA Climate Change website

Preview

Embed

Embed this resource by pasting the following code into your website:

<iframe src="https://climate.nasa.gov/quizzes/home-planet-quiz/" width="916" height="620"></iframe>

More Like This

  • Atmosphere
  • Carbon cycle
  • Global warming
  • Land change
  • Oceans and ice
  • Water cycle

Related

This visualization presents methane emissions across the United States for the year 2012.
More
Video: Methane Emissions in...
Video: Methane Emissions in the United States
The carbon dioxide cycle is the movement of carbon dioxide (CO2) between the land, the atmosphere, and the ocean. Print this page to color with your kids at home.
More
Coloring Page: The Carbon D...
Coloring Page: The Carbon Dioxide Cycle
Aprende cómo se desplaza el dióxido de carbono alrededor de la Tierra. Además, el archivo descargable incluye una página con definiciones de términos.
More
EL CICLO DEL DIÓXIDO DE CAR...
Página de colorear: El ciclo del dióxido de carbono
This visualization depicts changes in Antarctic land ice thickness as measured by the ICESat and ICESat-2 satellites.
More
Antarctic Land Ice Height C...
Antarctic Land Ice Height Change as Measured by ICESat and ICESat-2
Quiz: The air we breathe
More
Quiz: The air we breathe
Quiz: The air we breathe
This visualization shows sea surface temperature (SST) data from January 2016 through March 2020.
More
Sea Surface Temperature (SS...
Sea Surface Temperature (SST) from January 2016 through March 2020
The visualization shows monthly global temperature anomalies (changes from an average) between the years 1880 and 2022.
More
Video: Climate Spiral (1880...
Video: Climate Spiral (1880-2022)
Pliocene CO2 graphic - climate.nasa.gov
More
Pliocene CO2 graphic - clim...
Graphic: Carbon dioxide hits new high
Aprende cómo circula el agua por nuestro planeta. Además, el archivo descargable incluye una página con definiciones de términos.
More
EL CICLO DEL AGUA
Página de colorear: El ciclo del agua
The past decade has been the hottest ever recorded since global temperature records began 150 years ago. This video discusses the impacts of the sun's energy, Earth's reflectance and greenhouse gasses on global warming.
More
The past decade has been th...
Video: Temperature Puzzle
This animation compares sea surface salinity (saltiness) data from two NASA datasets from 2015 to 2017.
More
Animation: Sea Surface Sali...
Animation: Sea Surface Salinity (Saltiness) Comparison (2015-2017)
An animation with voiceover narration showing the global ocean tides as a complex system of rotating and trapped waves with a mixture of frequencies.
More
Video: Global Ocean Tides
Video: Global Ocean Tides
Salinity plays a major role in global ocean circulation and changes in salinity may impact regional and global climates. NASA's Aquarius mission is painting a global picture of our planet's salty waters.
More
Salinity plays a major role...
Video: Aquarius
Video: Images created from GRACE data showing changes in Greenland ice mass since 2002.
More
Greenland ice loss 2002-2016
Video: Greenland ice loss 2002-2016
Nuestra Tierra tiene fiebre. Nuestros científicos creen que la temperatura de la Tierra podría subir de 3 a 10 grados Fahrenheit durante este siglo.
More
La Tierra tiene fiebre
La Tierra tiene fiebre
This visualization depicts changes in Greenland land ice thickness as measured by the ICESat and ICESat-2 satellites.
More
Greenland Land Ice Height C...
Greenland Land Ice Height Change as Measured by ICESat and ICESat-2
En la gráfica se comparan los cambios en la temperatura de la superficie global (línea roja) y la energía del Sol que recibe la Tierra (línea amarilla) en vatios (unidades de energía) por metro cuadrado desde 1880.
More
Temperature vs Solar Activi...
Temperatura vs actividad solar
How much do you know about glaciers and ice caps?
More
Test your knowledge of the ...
Quiz: Ice and glaciers
NASA scientists say 2013 tied for the seventh warmest of any year since 1880, continuing a long-term trend of rising global temperatures.
More
Video: Global Temperature V...
Video: Global Temperature Variation
CO2 emissions
More
video about the amount of c...
CO2 video for carbon feature
A graphic briefly explains the relationship between volcanoes and climate change.
More
Graphic: Volcanoes and Clim...
Graphic: Volcanoes and Climate Change
As part of the Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE), NASA scientists are flying over Alaska and Canada, measuring the elevation of rivers and lakes to study how thawing permafrost affects hydrology in the landscape.
More
As part of the Arctic Borea...
Kuskokwim River
Video: Winter temperatures are soaring in the Arctic for the fourth winter in a row.
More
NASA studies an unusual Arc...
NASA studies an unusual Arctic warming event
A detailed look at Jupiter's and Earth's atmospheres and cores as we unlock mysteries of the solar system.
More
Jupiter and Earth: Giant di...
Infographic: Jupiter and Earth: Giant discoveries ahead
Graphic: Global surface temperature changes versus the Sun's energy that Earth receives in watts (units of energy) per square meter since 1880.
More
Temperature vs Solar Activity
Graphic: Temperature vs Solar Activity
more resources

Explore

Interactives, galleries and apps

Images of Change

Images of Change

Explore a stunning gallery of before-and-after images of Earth from land and space that reveal our home planet in a state of flux.
More
Climate Time Machine

Climate Time Machine

Travel through Earth's recent climate history and see how increasing carbon dioxide, global temperature and sea ice have changed over time.
More
Eyes on the Earth

Eyes on the Earth

Track Earth's vital signs from space and fly along with NASA's Earth-observing satellites in an interactive 3D visualization.
More
Global Ice Viewer

Global Ice Viewer

Earth's ice cover is shrinking. See how climate change has affected glaciers, sea ice, and continental ice sheets.
More
more multimedia

Get the Newsletter

Stay Connected

Facts

    • Evidence
    • Causes
    • Effects
    • Scientific Consensus
    • What Is Climate Change?
    • Vital Signs
    • Extreme Weather
    • Questions (FAQ)

News

    • News and Features
    • Subscribe
    • Climate Newsletter Archive

Solutions

    • Earth Science in Action
    • Mitigation and Adaptation
    • Sustainability and Government Resources

Explore

    • Images of Change
    • Earth Minute Videos
    • Interactives
    • Beautiful Earth Gallery
    • Ask NASA Climate
    • Evidence for Earth's Past Climate

NASA Science

    • Science Mission Directorate
    • NASA Data Resources
    • Earth System Science
    • Earth Science Missions
    • History
    • People

More

    • For Media
    • For Educators
    • Multimedia
    • En español
    • For Kids
  • Feedback
  • |
  • Awards
  • |
  • Sitemap
  • |
  • Earth Observatory
  • |
  • SEA LEVEL CHANGE
  • |
  • Privacy
  • |
  • Climate Data Initiative
  • |
  • U.S. CLIMATE RESILIENCE TOOLKIT

This website is produced by the Earth Science Communications Team at

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory | California Institute of Technology

Site last updated: September 21, 2023