Climate Change

Question 1

What is the long term evidence for climate change?

Answer 1

Ice cores

Pollen analysis

Question 2

What is the medium term evidence for climate change?

Answer 2

Tree rings
Written accounts
Paintings

Question 3

What is the short term evidence for climate change?

Answer 3

Data
Melting icecaps
Temp changes
Species migration

Question 4

What are three impacts of climate change in Africa?

Answer 4

Egypt threatened by sea level rise
Horn of Africa threatened by drought
Africa’s Great Lakes dry up

Question 5

What are three strategies to deal with climate change?

Answer 5

Kyoto agreement
Carbon credits scheme
Greater use of renewable energy

Question 6

What are three natural causes for climate change?

Answer 6

Milankovitch cycles
Variations in solar output
Volcanic and cosmic causes

Question 7

What are four impacts of climate change in the Arctic?

Answer 7

Loss of biomes
Reduction in ice levels
Extinction of species
Impact on food chains