Climate Change

Question 1

When was the Quaternary period?

Question 2

What was the Quaternary Period?

Question 3

What has happened during the Quaternary Period?

Question 4

What has happened over the past few hundred years to our climate?

Question 5

How are air and sea temperatures measured?

Question 6

What is the instrumental record?

Question 7

Before the instrumental record, how did scientists discover ways to calculate global temperatures in the distant past?

Question 8

What are three examples of current evidence for climate change?

Question 9

What are Rising Sea Levels caused by?

Question 10

How do Rising Sea Levels act as evidence for Climate Change?

Question 11

Why have Glaciers and Ice been decaying?

Question 12

How does the decay of Glaciers and Ice act as evidence for Climate Change?

Question 13

How have ecological patterns been changing?

Question 14

How do changing ecological patterns act as evidence for Climate Change?

Question 15

What are the three main natural causes of climate change?

Question 16

What are the three main orbital changes the Earth goes through?

Question 17

What happens during Eccentricity?

Question 18

What happens during Obliquity?

Question 19

What happens during Precession?

Question 20

What is the Sunspot Cycle?

Question 21

How does the Sunspot Cycle affect Climate Change?

Question 22

Why in the Sunspot Theory only a theory?

Question 23

How does Volcanic Activity affect Climate Change?

Question 24

What are the four main human causes of Climate Change?

Question 25

What is the Greenhouse effect?

Question 26

What are five examples of Fossil Fuels?

Question 27

What happens when Fossil Fuels are burnt?

Question 28

How does agriculture contribute to Climate Change?

Question 29

What greenhouse gas is produced in agricultural production?

Question 30

How is methane produced in agricultural production?

Question 31

Why does rice farming specifically contribute to the release of large amounts of methane?

Question 32

How does livestock contribute to methane production?

Question 33

Why is methane worse than carbon dioxide for the environment?

Question 34

How does deforestation contribute to Climate Change?

Question 35

Are natural or human causes the biggest contributor to climate change?

Question 36

What is evidence human causes are having a greater effect on climate change than natural causes?

Question 37

What are 5 effects of climate change on people?

Question 38

What are 5 effects of climate change on the natural environment?

Question 39

What are two classifications of ways to manage climate change?

Question 40

What are the four mitigation strategies?

Question 41

What is Alternative Energy Production is and how does it mitigate the effects of Climate Change?

Question 42

What is Carbon Capture and how does it help to mitigate the effects of Climate Change?

Question 43

What is Tree Planting and how does it help to Mitigate the effects of Climate Change?

Question 44

What is an example of an International Agreement and how did it help to mitigate the effects of Climate Change?

Question 45

What are the three methods of Adaptation?

Question 46

How is Climate Change expected to affect Agricultural Systems?

Question 47

How can Agricultural Systems be changed to adapt to the effects of Climate Change?

Question 48

What is Water Supply Management and how can it be used to mitigate the effects of Climate Change?

Question 49

How can Rising Sea Levels be managed?