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# News Quiz: Perspectives on Climate Change
- URL: https://www.investigatemidwest.org/news-quiz-perspectives-on-climate-change/
- Published: 2016-04-22T11:00:48.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-11T02:41:26.000Z
- Description: According to a Pew Research Center survey, 22 percent of U.S. adults say climate change is due to natural patterns and one-quarter believe there is no solid evidence Earth is getting warmer, despite a large consensus in the scientific community. A recent national survey and an informal state survey
- Author: IowaWatch
- Tags: Environment, iowawatch, News Quizzes, Cedar Falls High School, Clean Power Plan, climate change, Environmental Protection Agency, Pew Research Center, Tiger Hi-Line, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-06-18 04:56

Scientists [revealed](http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2014/08/13/science.1254702.abstract?sid=1175453d-4ed5-4bd5-b5be-bb71e1ebc545&ref=investigatemidwest.org) that two-thirds of global glacier mass loss within the past two decades has been due to human activity, which is an increase from the estimated one-quarter of glacier mass loss attributed to human activity from 1851 to 2010.

Forty-six percent of U.S. adults agree that climate change is due to human activity, according to [a Pew Research Center survey](http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/07/01/chapter-2-climate-change-and-energy-issues/?ref=investigatemidwest.org). Twenty-two percent of adults agree it is due to natural patterns and one-quarter believe there is no solid evidence Earth is getting warmer, despite a [large consensus](http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/8/2/024024?ref=investigatemidwest.org) in the scientific community.

A recent national survey and an [informal state survey](https://investigatemidwest.org/iowawatch-cedar-falls-high-school-tiger-hi-line-survey-climate-change-in-the-classroom/?ref=investigatemidwest.org) conducted by IowaWatch, working with the Cedar Falls High School *Tiger Hi-Line*, show this conflict also plays out in the classroom.

\[quiz key=”1ZVIuE3WzQhzPVay69xbVWi0\_zqXShJhiWBhQCA2GLTo” source=”‘Attribution of global glacial mass loss to anthropogenic and natural causes,’ by Ben Marzeion, *Science Magazine*; ‘Chapter 2: Climate Change and Energy Issues,’ by Cary Funk and Lee Rainie, Pew Research Center; ‘Quantifying the consensus on anthropogenic global warming in the scientific literature, by John Cook, etc., Iop Science; ‘Climate confusion among U.S. teachers,’ by Eric Plutzer, etc., *Science Magazine*; IowaWatch Database; ‘Contribution of Antarctica to past and future sea-level rise,’ by Robert M. DeConto and David Pollard, *Nature Journal*; ‘Scientists nearly double sea level rise projections for 2100, because of Antarctica,’ by Brady Dennis and Chris Moony, *Washington Post*; ‘Climate Model Predicts West Antarctic Ice Sheet Could Melt Rapidly,’ by Justin Gillis, *New York Times*; ‘Clean Power Plan’ The Environmental Protection Agency webpage; United States Environmental Protection Agency webpage; ‘Application by 29 states and state agencies for immediate stay of final agency action during pendency of petitions for review,’ United States Environmental Protection Agency website.” answerstyle=”bullets” byline=”Quiz By: Christina Rueth”\]