Aim: To look at the causes of climate change and how to prevent it.
As you watch the video answer these questions:
What is our greatest threat in thousands of years? climate change
How do we see climate change affecting the globe?
- heat wave
- flood
- storms
- sea levels
What is needed to change history?
use fewer fossil fuels
Is climate change a man-made disaster?
yes
Dramatic action must be made in the next
12 years to change it?
Why is our climate changing? because we are using too much fossil fuels
What is causing the warming trend of the climate? pollution
What is the main problem? the climate
What are examples of these? more storms, more fires
Burning fossil fuels releases what gas? cd
How much hotter now is our world? too hot
What do we call this global warming? climate change
How is this affecting creatures/animals like bats? killing them
What percentage of species are near extinction? 99.9%
How could this affect the world ecosystems?
What global change was seen and recording breaking last year? 42
How is climate change affecting our weather systems?
1. making it too hot
2. making it too cold
3. increasing the water levels
What is another effect of climate change? melting the ice
What will happen if the ice melts in Antarctica and the Arctic? water will slowly rise
How does this affect people? make us sick, kill us
What other things affect oceans change? killing animals
What does to much heat due to coral? kills it
Why did some industries not want to stop burning fossil fuels?
we have a lot more of it than stuff safe to burn
Stop at 23.39
Investigation
You can decide on how you would like to do this investigation. Your presentation could be on the blog, slides, or Powerpoint.
Write a definition, upload an image and list where these fossil fuels are mined.
- Coal in a mine/cave
- oil the sea cave
- Natural Gas is mined deep caves in rocks
Write a paragraph and upload an image about each of these renewable energies.
Write a 6 sentence reflection about what you have learned about Climate Change and how it is going to affect us.