Starter quiz
- What is the difference between weather and climate?
- Weather is short-term, and climate is long-term ✓
- Weather and climate mean the same thing
- Climate changes every day, but weather stays the same
- Climate only exists in hot countries
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- Which of the following is an example of weather?
- The UK has mild summers and cool winters
- It rained heavily in London yesterday ✓
- Deserts are hot and dry all year round
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- What is the main gas responsible for trapping heat in Earth’s atmosphere?
- Oxygen
- Nitrogen
- Carbon dioxide ✓
- Helium
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- What is one natural cause of past climate change?
- Deforestation
- Volcanic eruptions ✓
- Car pollution
- Burning fossil fuels
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- What is the name of the period when Earth was much colder and large parts were covered in ice?
- The Greenhouse Period
- The Ice Age ✓
- The Storm Age
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- Which of these is an effect of climate change?
- Rising sea levels ✓
- More stable weather
- Fewer extreme storms
- Lower global temperatures
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Exit quiz
- Match the key terms to their definitions.
- global warming⇔an increase in Earth's average temperature over a long period of time ✓
- climate change⇔large-scale and long-term change in the planet’s climate ✓
- weather⇔short-term changes in the atmosphere ✓
- How do we know what Earth’s climate was like in the past?
- By looking at tree rings, ice cores, and fossils ✓
- By guessing based on today’s weather
- By asking people who lived thousands of years ago
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- True or false? Climate change has only started happening because of humans.
- This is true because humans are causing the greenhouse effect
- This is false because the climate has changed naturally over millions of years ✓
- This is true because humans invented climate change
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- Some methods of collecting data are more __________ than others, for example ice cores are more __________ than historical data.
- reliable ✓
- interesting
- invalid
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Key learning points
- Climate change is the long-term shift in temperatures and weather patterns.
- The Earth's climate varies naturally and continuously over time.
- Climate change can involve both global warming and global cooling.
- Evidence of climate change comes from analysing ice cores, tree rings and the instrumental record.
Common misconception
Climate change and global warming are the same thing.
Global warming is the increase in Earth's average temperature over a long period of time, whereas climate change is a large-scale and long-term change in the planet’s climate, including weather patterns and average temperatures.
Keywords
Reliability - how accurate or able to be trusted something is considered to be
Global warming - an increase in Earth's average temperature over a long period of time
Evidence - a fact or piece of information that helps to prove that something is or is not true
Climate change - large-scale and long-term change in the planet’s climate, including weather patterns and average temperatures
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