Resources
What are the two types of Resources?
Renewable and Non-Renewable
What is the difference between Climate and Weather?
Weather is what conditions of the atmosphere are over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere "behaves" over relatively long periods of time.
What is the current population of earth, roughly?
7 billion
In the Cosmos, what planet was almost like earth at one point?
Venus
Animals not humans are repsonsible for our current climate change
False -Humans are causing it
Give an example of a renewable resource:
Answer will vary
What absorbs most of the carbon in our atmosphere
Oceans
Name one reason why the human population has exploded in recently years.
better medicine, technology etc.
As a result of climate change, storms are getting _____________
Stronger
Climate change is being caused by too much nitrogen in the air
False -Carbon
Give an example of a non-renewable resource
Answer will vary
Where are the impacts of climate change most visible on earth?
North and South Poles
Population tends to grow exponentially, what does this mean?
The Growth whose rate becomes ever more rapid in proportion to the growing total number or size.
Why are fossil fuels called "Pockets of sunlight"?
They contain the energy of the sun
Humans are the biggest reason for the current climate change happening
True
During the Renewable Resource Game, what made it so hard to make sure everyone followed the rules
You weren't necessarily able to trust them
What Greenhouse gas is worse than carbon Dioxide
Methane
What is one of the main reasons that developed countries have less children than developing countries?
Access to education, more babies survive their early years, Children are not needed to work as farm labour
Why are there fewer famers now, than 50 years ago?
Machines do most of the work for us
Flooding, Larger storms, droughts, and the sea level rising are all being caused by climate change
True
What's one thing you can do to save resources?
Answer will Vary
What is the Greenhouse effect?
The trapping of the sun's warmth in a planet's lower atmosphere due to the greater transparency of the atmosphere to visible radiation from the sun than to infrared radiation emitted from the planet's surface.
What continent is expected to grow the most in the next 80 years?
Africa
What lesson can we learn from the Rapanui?
If we overuse our resources for short term gain, we may go extinct.
Earth's population is growing so rapidly because we people are having more children than ever.
False- As a result of less people dying