L 4.4: Climate Change

Check all HUMAN causes of climate change.

• Volcanic Eruptions

• Burning Fossil Fuels

• Movement of Tectonic Plates

• Sun Cycles

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Check all NATURAL causes of climate change.

• El Nino

• La Nina

• Ice Ages

• Deforestation

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Scientists have seen a(n) _______________ in the amount of CO₂ in our atmosphere.

• decrease

• increase

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An increase in CO₂ causes a(n) _______________ in global temperatures.

• decrease

• increase

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Check examples of predicted outcomes of climate change.

• Global temperatures will increase

• More powerful storms

• Food supply increases

• Increase in droughts

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Check examples of predicted outcomes of climate change.

• Melting of ice caps/sheets/glaciers

• Coastal flooding

• Extinction of plant and animal species

• Increase in deaths from cold

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Check examples of predicted outcomes of climate change.

• Increased growing season in some areas

• Decrease in deaths from disease

• Animal migrations might change

• Increase in heat related deaths

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T/F: Scientists use climate models to describe how different

variables affect and predict Earth’s future climate.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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An environmental agreement created in 1997 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions...

• Kyoto Protocol

• The Paris Climate Agreement

• Copenhagen Accord

• Buenos Aires Plan of Action

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Check ways that greenhouse gases can be reduced.

• burn more fossil fuels

• reduce deforestation

• use clean technologies

• improved fuel efficiency in cars

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