John Pirie Secondary School Name: ________________________________ Date: ________________________________ Six° Degrees Could Change the World While watching the video please ANSWER the following questions. 1. What could happen to the global climate by the end of this century? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What are some current signs of global warming in Australia? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 3. How much could the temperature rise over the next 100 years? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 4. What is the hidden price for our energy consumption? Science Movie Worksheets – http://www.NewYorkScienceTeacher.com/movies 1 John Pirie Secondary School _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ If the global climate is raised by 1°…. 5. Extra credit- What is a “crick”? ___________________________________________________________________________ 6. Ranchlands in the United States would become what type of environment? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 7. What country would benefit from the 1° temperature shift? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 8. ____________________% of the world’s energy starts as fossil fuels. 9. What is the Carbon “footprint” (impact) of a single cheeseburger? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Science Movie Worksheets – http://www.NewYorkScienceTeacher.com/movies 2 John Pirie Secondary School _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ If the global climate is raised by 2°…. 10. What type of environment could be completely lost from the Earth? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 11. What will happen when the Ice fields of Greenland melt? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 12. What is happening to sled dogs of Greenland? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Science Movie Worksheets – http://www.NewYorkScienceTeacher.com/movies 3 John Pirie Secondary School 13. How much could sea level rise over the next 100 years? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 14. What are some things that you could do to help prevent the rise of the Earth’s temp by 2°? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ If the global climate is raised by 3°…. 15. What happened in Paris in the Summer of 2003? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 16. Instead of putting out Oxygen as a product of photosynthesis, plants returned ________________________________ to the atmosphere. Science Movie Worksheets – http://www.NewYorkScienceTeacher.com/movies 4 John Pirie Secondary School 17. How much of the world’s Oxygen is produced by the Amazon rainforest? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 18. In a 3° world what extreme weather pattern would become normal? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 19. How long was Katrina actually above New Orleans? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ If the global climate is raised by 4°…. 20. What evidence is there for the loss of glaciers in the Himalayas? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Science Movie Worksheets – http://www.NewYorkScienceTeacher.com/movies 5 John Pirie Secondary School __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 21. What year do they estimate the glaciers will be gone? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 22. What will happen to New York if the global climate rises 4°? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ If the global climate is raised by 5° or 6°…. 23. What is the best way to survive this change? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Science Movie Worksheets – http://www.NewYorkScienceTeacher.com/movies 6 John Pirie Secondary School How can we prevent it? 24. How much does a TV cost to be plugged in when it is not turned on? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 25. Cars produce ___________ of the Earth’s greenhouse gasses. __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 26. What types of technology can be used to reduce our use of fossil fuels? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Science Movie Worksheets – http://www.NewYorkScienceTeacher.com/movies 7 John Pirie Secondary School 27. Where did the CO2 that we are putting into the atmosphere actually come from? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Science Movie Worksheets – http://www.NewYorkScienceTeacher.com/movies 8
