Climate Change

Question 1

define weather

Answer 1

short term changes in temperature (pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloud coverage, wind direction)

Question 2

what is climate? and what are the 2 factors that determine an area’s climate?

Answer 2

• physical properties of an area based on analysis of its weather records over a long period of time ( at least 30 yrs)

the 2 factors that determine an area’s climate are:

• temperature
• amount and distribution of precipitation

Question 3

what is the greenhouse gas effect?

Answer 3

• a natural process where the clouds and gases act like “glass in a green house”
• it helps keep earths mean surface temperature liveable

Question 4

what is the enhanced greenhouse effect?

Answer 4

• more carbon dioxide is radiated off from the earth but is re-emitted back on the earth bc it bounced back
• increase of greenhouse gases since the 1800’s caused global warming leading to global temperature increases

Question 5

what are some global climate consequences?

Answer 5

• global temperature increases
• sea ice is decreasing
• glacier ice is decreasing
• rise in sea levels

Question 6

what are some of the effects of climate change in canada?

Answer 6

• increased changes in precipitation
• decreasing in sea ice over time
• agriculture: we may not be able to grow wheat due to temperature and precipitation changes
• biodiversity decline in salmon bc of temperature change in water

Question 7

what are some of the things we can do to reduce climate change?

Answer 7

• reduce fossil fuel use and shift to renewable resources
• improve energy efficiency
• reduce deforestation
• use more sustainable agriculture
• limit urban sprawl
• reduce poverty
• slow population growth