Climate Change

Question 1

What is meant by the GSCE command word asses?

Answer 1

Rank in order of importance/significance

Question 2

What is meant by the name given for a cooling period in Earth’s history

Answer 2

Glacial Period

Question 3

what is meant by the term interglacial

Answer 3

Period of global warming

Question 4

true or false? there is a link between C02 atmospheric concentrations & global temperatures

Answer 4

True

Question 5

identify 4 pieces of evidence for past climate change

Answer 5

glacial retreat, ice core anylasis, tree ring analysis and sea level rise

Question 6

explain how scientists use tree rings to tell us about past climates

Answer 6

scientists study the thickness of the rings in order to tell us what the climate was like- the thicker the ring the warmer the and wetter the climate was

Question 7

explain how scientists use ice cores to tell us about past climates

Answer 7

Scientists use advanced technology to analyse the gases trapped in the ice coolers the present the warmer the climate was