Climate change

Question 1

Name three examples of fossil fuels

Answer 1

Coal, gas and methane

Question 2

What is produced when fossil fuels are burnt

Answer 2

Carbon dioxide

Question 3

How are weather systems changing in a result of climate change

Answer 3

More unpredictable, increase in rainfall, and tempretures

Question 4

Why will planting more trees help us stop or slow down climate change

Answer 4

Trees absorb carbon dioxide and give out oxygen. This will control the amount of carbon in the atmosphere and help battle against fossil fuels.

Question 5

how can we prevent climate change

Answer 5

stop our reliance on fossil fuels and invest in alternative sources of energy that are clean, accessible, affordable, sustainable, and reliable

Question 6

name a place where you can see that climate change is taking place

Answer 6

Greenland

Question 7

what problems are climate change making for Greenland

Answer 7

climate change is causing an increase in tempretures meaning that more ice is melting, leading to an increase in sea levels and a decrease in land as the water is steadily washing it away.

Question 8

give the definition of droughts

Answer 8

As tempretures increase, soils dry up: this makes droughts worse

Question 9

give the definition of extinction

Answer 9

Animals and plants are adapted to specific conditions. Climate change means those conditions are changing, making life harder and harder.

Question 10

give the definition of the rise of sea levels

Answer 10

Melting ice on land rises sea levels. The sea also expands as it gets warmer, increasing levels even more

Question 11

give the definition of wildfires

Answer 11

Wildfires happen during periods of hot, dry weather. Climate change makes these hot, dry weather conditions more likely to occur

Question 12

give the definition of heatwaves

Answer 12

As global tempretures rise, heatwaves get hotter and happen more often. In the UK, heatwaves are now 30 times more likely to happen because of climate change

Question 13

give the definition of storms

Answer 13

Higher tempretures mean that more water evaporates from the surface of the oceans. More moisture in the atmosphere means more rain. The storms also have more energy.

Question 14

how can adding grass to roofs help us tackle climate change

Answer 14

add grass to roofs, this will allow it to stay cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter as well as the roofs soak up carbon emissions

Question 15

how can building more wind turbines help us tackle climate change

Answer 15

the electricity generated by wind turbines has a zero carbon emission although it is unpredictable as it is based of weather

Question 16

how can less cars more bikes help us tackle climate

Answer 16

cycling produces no carbon emissions - plus it cuts congestion and air pollution

Question 17

how does planting more trees help us to tackle climate change

Answer 17

trees cut carbon emissions because trees soak up carbon dioxide - especially younger trees

Question 18

how would the world be diffrent without green house gases

Answer 18

the world would become much colder so much of the planet would become unhabitble, as plants and trees would be unable to grow

Question 19

what is step 1 of the greenhouse effect

Answer 19

1. shortwave radiation from the sun travels towards earth

Question 20

what is step two of the green house effect

Answer 20

2. about half is reflected or absorbed by clouds and the atmosphere

Question 21

what is step three of the green house effect

Answer 21

3. the rest reaches earth where it is absorbed by land and oceans

Question 22

what is step four of the green house effect

Answer 22

4. earth releases the heat as longwave radiation back towards space

Question 23

what is step 5 of the greenhouse effect

Answer 23

some of this heat passes directly through the atmosphere

Question 24

what is step 6 of the greenhouse effect

Answer 24

some of the radiation is trapped by greenhouse gases keeping earth warmer

Question 25

what is the definition of enhanced greenhouse gases

Answer 25

is the increase of the greenhouse effect because of human activities have added to a natural effect

Question 26

how much carbon is locked away in the earths core and mantel

Answer 26

90 percent

Question 27

carbon cycles are…

Answer 27

all balanced apart from one which is human activities