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?
- Flooding
- Overheating
- Tsunami
- Wind
What is needed to change history? For people to stop using fossil fuels (coal, oil)
Is climate change a man made disaster?
Yes
Dramatic action must be made in the next 2__ years to change it?
Why is our climate changing? Because we burn too many fuels
What is causing the warming trend of the climate?
Increased heat
What is the main problem?
Burning fossil fuels
What are examples of these?
Coal fires, oil for cars
Burning fossil fuels releases what gas?
carbon dioxide
How much hotter now is our world?
What do we call this global warming?
Climate Change
How is this affecting creatures / animals like bats?
They are dying in the heat
What percentage of species are near extinction?
8%
How could this effect the world ecosystems?
Food chains would die off..people and animals could starve.
Food chains would die off..people and animals could starve.
What global change was seen and recording breaking last year?
Fires burning out of control
Fires burning out of control
How is climate change affecting our weather systems?
Creating more severe storms and increased heat.
Creating more severe storms and increased heat.
What is another effect of climate change?
Sea levels rise
Sea levels rise
What will happen if the ice melts in Antarctica and the Arctic?
sea levels will rise
How does this affect people?
people living by the sea will lose their property and they will have to relocate.
people living by the sea will lose their property and they will have to relocate.
What other things affect oceans change?
oil spills,plastic pollution
oil spills,plastic pollution
What does too much heat do to the coral?
causes it to die off
Why did some industries not want to stop burning fossil fuels?
Because they make lots of money from it.
Because they make lots of money from it.
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 -West Coast NZ
- Oil USA, Saudi Arabia
- Natural Gas - North Island NZ
Write a paragraph of 5 sentence,upload an image and name 2 countries that use this type of renewable energy.
- Solar - Solar energy comes from the sun. Solar panels can be erected on buildings to draw energy from the sun. This energy is used to heat houses and provide hot water for washing and cleaning.
- Wind - Wind spins turbines that generate power. The stronger the wind, the more energy is produced. These don't work where there is no wind, but are great in areas where there are strong winds e.g. Scotland.
- Waves -
- Hydro - Hydro dams are built to create a back up of water that can be released to drive turbines which create electricity> The electricity is wired all around the country through pylons.
Write a 5 sentence reflection about what you have learnt about Climate Change and how it is going to affect us in the future.
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