Year 5 Climate change

What is the greenhouse effect?

• A) A special type of glass used in greenhouses to help plants grow

• B) A process where gases trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere

• C) The reason why greenhouses stay warm all year round

• D) A type of pollution caused by factories

• E) I don’t know

What are greenhouse gases?

• Gases released by plants inside greenhouses

• Any gas that comes from a factory

• Gases that help trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere

• A type of air that makes the sky look green

• I don’t know

What is carbon dioxide?

• A) A type of fuel used in cars

• B) A gas that trees breathe in

• C) The main gas in the air we breathe

• D) A gas produced when animals breathe out and things burn

• E) I don’t know

What is methane?

• A) A type of cloud that brings rain

• B) A gas released by cows and rotting plants

• C) A type of fossil fuel found underground

• D) A kind of metal used in batteries

• E) I don’t know

What is a coral reef?

• A) A type of rock found in the ocean

• B) A group of colourful plants that grow underwater

• C) A kind of underwater volcano

• D) A structure made by tiny animals in warm seas

• E) I don’t know

What is deforestation?

• When trees lose their leaves in autumn

• When forests grow too fast and become dangerous

• A type of weather disaster in rainforests

• The cutting down of forests, often for farming or buildings

• I don’t know

What happens if the polar ice caps melt?

• The world will get colder because there is more water

• The ice will turn into rain and make the air fresher

• Nothing—new ice will form instantly

• Sea levels will rise, causing floods in some areas

• I don’t know

What is the polar circle?

• A ring of ice that surrounds the North Pole

• The name of a special line around the Earth near the poles

• A shape drawn around the Arctic to show where it is cold

• A giant frozen lake at the top of the world

• I don’t know

What are northings?

• Imaginary lines on a map that run from top to bottom

• Numbers on a map that tell you how far up or down a place is

• The name for places in the north of the world

• The direction the North Pole is moving each year

• I don’t know

What are eastings?

• The opposite of the Northings

• A type of wind that blows from the east

• Imaginary lines on a map that run from left to right

• The direction the sun rises in the morning

• I don’t know