Student Worksheet: Climate Change Study Guide
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Student Worksheet: Climate Change Study Guide Name______________________________________________ Class Period__________________ Part 1 - To answer the following questions, read Back to Basics: Frequently Asked Questions About Global Warming and Climate Change Greenhouse Effect How does the greenhouse effect help our planet?__________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What traps heat in our atmosphere?_____________________________ and____________________________________ What would happen if there were no greenhouse gases?_______________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ List at least four human activities that add greenhouse gases to the atmosphere: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What affect does emitting additional greenhouse gases to the atmosphere have on the planet? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Greenhouse Gases What two greenhouse gases occur naturally? _______________________________________ _______________________________________ Student Worksheet: Climate Change Study Guide List the important greenhouse gases that are produced by human activities (include their names and chemical formulae: _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ How much have the following greenhouse gases increased since 1750? CO2 – _______________________________________ CH4 –_______________________________________ N2O - _______________________________________ Scientists have concluded that the atmospheric concentrations of the above gases have increased primarily due to____________________________________________________________________________________________. Effects of Climate Change Select two of the following and describe how climate change is expected to affect them: Precipitation / Temperatures / Hurricanes / Polar ice, sea levels and sea ice _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ List and describe three ways that climate change is expected to affect humans: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Student Worksheet: Climate Change Study Guide Part 2 - To answer the following questions, read Climate Change Science Facts List human causes of climate change: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ List natural causes of climate change: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What is the relationship between greenhouse gases and temperatures? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Describe three examples of evidence that suggest that the Earth’s climate is warming: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ List additional signs seen around the world that are evidence of climate change: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Part 3 - To answer the following questions, read Climate Change and Society Describe how climate change will affect water resources: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ How might climate change affect food production? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Student Worksheet: Climate Change Study Guide Describe how climate change may affect energy use and supply: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Part 4 - To answer the following questions, read “Climate Change and Ecosystems” Why might plant and animals not be able to adapt to climate change? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ How is climate change affecting the chemistry of ocean water? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ How have forests already been affected by climate change? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ List several ways climate change is affecting habitats: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ How do invasive species affect native species? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Describe how climate change affects the migrations and life cycles of species: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
