The Greenhouse Effect
What is the greenhouse effect?
The process where gases in the atmosphere trap heat and keep Earth warm.
What fuel source do cars usually burn that adds carbon dioxide to the air?
Gasoline ( Fossil Fuel)
What is one weather change caused by climate change?
Hotter temperatures, stronger storms, droughts
What is Climate?
Weather patterns over a long period of time.
Name one way students can help the environment.
Recycling, turn off the lights, walk, ride a bike, go to second hand clothing stores.
Name one greenhouse gas
Carbon dioxide, methane, water vapour, nitrous oxide
How does cutting down trees increase climate change?
Fewer trees to absorb carbon dioxide.
Name a species that is negatively impacted by climate change and explain why.
Various answers exist
What is weather?
Day-to-day conditions like rain of the temperature.
Why does reducing waste help climate change?
Less energy is used to make new products and less fossil fuels are put into the atmosphere.
Why is the greenhouse effect important for life on Earth?
It keeps Earth warm enough for living things to survive.
Name two human activities that release greenhouse gases.
Driving cars, factories, farming, burning fossil fuels
What happens to glaciers when Earth's temperature increases and how does this effect ocean levels?
Glaciers melt raising the sea levels which the lead to various problems.
What does renewable energy mean?
Energy that won't run out, like solar, water, wind.
Why are animal migration routes being impacted by climate change?
Due to the unpredictability of the seasons and the climate animals are migrating at different times then usual.
What happens when too many greenhouse gases are added to the atmosphere?
More of the suns heat is trapped, causing global warming.
Why does burning coal, oil and gas increase greenhouse gases?
It releases carbon dioxide into the air.
What happens when permafrost melts?
It damages infrastructure and landscapes, affecting housing, transportation and access to traditional lands.
What is deforestation?
Cutting down forests in mass amounts.
Name an industry that is impacted by Climate Change and explain how.
Various answers
Explain the difference between the natural greenhouse effect and the human enhanced greenhouse effect?
Natural keeps Earth warm; enhanced is caused by humans adding extra gases, making Earth too warm causing global warming.
Explain why human-caused climate change has increased so dramatically in the last fifty years.
Larger factories, factory farming, more cars being used, more air planes are flying daily, people are using more fossil fuels than ever before in human history.
Explain what climate change is doing to the forests and how does this impact humans and other species.
Increased forest fires and outbreaks of pests including the Mountain Pine Beetle affect the availability to healthy forests. This leads to more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, impacts forestry industries which increase the cost to people, it impacts peoples ability to enjoy forests. It impacts other species by ruining their habitat.
Define carbon footprint.
The amount of greenhouse gases a person or activity creates.
What will happen on Earth is climate change keeps going at the rate it is? Must give at least two answers.
Various answers