Vermillion Middle School
8th Grade Earth Science
Climate Change Web Quest
Directions: Answer the questions using the following websites.
Climate Change Data
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/basics/index.html
1. What does the website state is the reason for global warming? Is this website reliable and if so, why?
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/impacts/signs/index.html
2. Global climate changes are causing what types of events throughout the world?
3. List the eleven signs of global climate change.
4. Choose and explain one of the signs of global climate change.
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/basics/today/carbon-dioxide.html
5. What are fossil fuels and explain how fossil fuels contribute to global warming?
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/basics/today/greenhouse-effect.html
6. Explain the relationship between global warming and the greenhouse effect.
Global Warming Effects
http://climatekids.nasa.gov/climate-change-evidence/
7. What type of research have scientists conducted to conclude that Earth is in a heating period?
8. How have global temperatures changed in the past fifty years?
9. How does carbon dioxide contribute to global warming?
10. How have carbon dioxide emissions changed in the past fifty years?
http://climate.nasa.gov/ClimateTimeMachine/climateTimeMachine.cfm
11. Use the NASA Climate Time Machine to fill in the following chart:
Time Machine Selection
Sea Ice
Sea Level (U.S.)
Carbon Emissions (U.S.)
Average Global Temp.
Change Witnessed in Time Machine
http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/pages/glaciers.php
12. How have Earth’s glaciers changed?
13. How far has Glacier Ururashraju receded? How many years did it take for the change to occur?
14. How far has Grinnell Glacier receded? What is the future of the glaciers in Rocky Mountain Park in the United
States?
15. Which glacier has had the most drastic change? How long has the change taken?