Starter quiz
- What is climate change?
- The change in seasons from winter to summer
- A long-term change in Earth's weather patterns ✓
- A sudden change in the temperature on one day
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- What is a greenhouse gas?
- Gases in Earth's atmosphere that trap heat ✓
- Gases that attract solar radiation
- Gas that is stored in a greenhouse
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- What does deciduous mean?
- A plant that keeps its leaves in winter
- A plant that looses its leaves in autumn and grows new ones in spring ✓
- A way for plants to attract pollinators
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- Humans contribute to climate change by ...
- burning fossil fuels ✓
- planting trees
- noise pollution
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- What is the name of the process by which plants transform carbon dioxide and water into glucose?
- photosynthesis ✓
- evaporation
- biome
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- What is deforestation?
- When trees are planted
- When trees are cut down ✓
- The increase in global temperatures
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Exit quiz
- ______ gases are the name given to the gasses in Earth's atmosphere that trap heat.
- 'Greenhouse' ✓
- Match the key terms.
- The natural greenhouse effect⇔This means that Earth is warm enough for us to survive ✓
- The enhanced greenhouse effect⇔Too many greenhouse gases trap in too much heat in the atmosphere ✓
- Climate change⇔A long-term change in Earth's weather patterns ✓
- Global warming⇔The heating of Earth's surface due to human activities ✓
- What human activities emit carbon dioxide?
- petrol in cars ✓
- coal in power stations ✓
- gas in a household boiler ✓
- walking to school
- planting trees
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- How does climate change affect forests?
- species changes ✓
- more pests and diseases ✓
- more and worse wildfires ✓
- more coastal erosion
- overpopulation
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Key learning points
- Global temperatures are increasing because of climate change.
- Forests remove carbon dioxide from Earth's atmosphere and replace it with oxygen.
- Deforestation is a major contributor to climate change.
- Climate change can cause changes to species in a forest; the spread of pests and diseases and more and worse wildfires.
Common misconception
The greenhouse effect has a negative impact.
The greenhouse effect is a natural process that is essential for life on Earth. Without it, our planet would be too cold to sustain most life forms.
Keywords
Greenhouse gases - gases in Earth’s atmosphere that trap heat
Carbon dioxide - one of the greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere that traps heat
Solar radiation - energy radiated from the sun via electromagnetic waves
Deforestation - the complete removal of trees
Decompose - to break down a substance into smaller parts
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