Recent evidence of Climate Variation:

Question 1

How have Aboriginal people recorded changes in Australia’s climate?

Answer 1

Aboriginal art sites

Question 2

What evidence is included in these Aboriginal art sites?

Answer 2

-Animals
By dating a picture, it is possible to understand the SORTS OF ORGANISMS THAT WERE FOUND in the local area.

Question 3

What are STALAGMITIES?

Answer 3

Grow from the ground up

Question 4

What are STALACTITES?

Answer 4

Hang from the ceiling

Question 5

What are STALAGMITIES & STALACTITES?

Answer 5

Icey-like rock structures that PRESERVE ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION about changing rainfall, temperatures, soils & plants and microbes living on their surface.

Question 6

What is OCEAN ACIDIFICATION?

Answer 6

Refers to the increasing ACIDITY of the ocean caused by the ocean’s UPTAKE OF CO2 from the atmosphere.

Question 7

What is GEOSEQUESTRIAN/CARBON CAPTURE STORAGE?

Answer 7

The process of capturing carbon dioxide from major stationary sources (such as power stations)