Causes/Effects
What is the main greenhouse gas emitted by human activities?
What is carbon dioxide (CO2).
What is one renewable energy source that can help reduce carbon emissions?
What is solar energy?
What is the theory that suggests continents have moved over time?
The continents have shifted positions over geological time.
What is an earthquake?
A sudden shaking of the ground caused by the movement of tectonic plates.
Where is the majority of Earth's fresh water stored?
Glaciers, ice caps, groundwater, and lakes.
Name two human activities that contribute to climate change.
What are burning fossil fuels and deforestation.
Name one way individuals can reduce their carbon footprint.
What is using public transportation or biking.
What evidence supports the theory of continental drift?
Fossil evidence, geological formations, and climate clues.
What is the term for molten rock that erupts from a volcano?
What is lava?
What role do oceans play in the water cycle?
Oceans act as a major reservoir and source of evaporation.
What is one major effect of climate change on sea levels?
What is rising sea levels.
What is reforestation?
What is the process of planting trees in deforested areas to absorb CO2?
What are the three types of plate boundaries?
Convergent, divergent, transform.
What scale is commonly used to measure the strength of earthquakes?
What is the Richter scale?
What is groundwater, and why is it important?
Groundwater is essential for drinking water and irrigation.
How does climate change impact weather patterns?
it causes more extreme weather events like hurricanes and droughts?
Climate change is just a natural cycle.
False; human activities are accelerating climate change?
What happens at a convergent boundary?
Plates move toward each other, often causing one to be forced below the other.
Which gas is commonly released during a volcanic eruption and can be hazardous to health?
What is sulfur dioxide?
What are the different forms of precipitation?
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail.
How does climate change impact human health?
What is it can increase heat-related illnesses and spread of diseases?
Climate change is a future problem that we can ignore for now.
False; climate change is affecting us now and requires immediate action?
What occurs at transform boundaries?
Plates slide past each other, causing friction.
What instrument is used to measure the magnitude of an earthquake?
What is a seismometer?
How does evaporation contribute to the water cycle?
Evaporation is a key process that moves water from the Earth's surface to the atmosphere.