Global issues Flashcards
Define climate change.
A change in the average weather condition (temperature and rainfall) experienced in a certain area as a result of natural or human activities.
What is extinction rebellion?
A climate activist group that works across 33 different countries trying to raise awareness of climate change.
When should the last ice age have happened?
1970s
Explain why the atmosphere is heating up.
The sun sends out energy as sunlight, this warms the earth. The earth gives some of this energy out through heat, which warms the air. Some of this heat escapes to the outer atmosphere. But some is absorbed by the molecules of greenhouse gases on Earth’s surface. This leads to warmer temperature.
Give some signs that show that climate change is real.
Extreme weather events, glaciers and sea ice retreating, rising sea levels, increasing temperatures, ice sheets trap CO2 concentrations from up to millions of years ago showing how today there is alot more CO2 in the air.
How much plastic is in the ocean, approximately?
8 billion tons
What is a pictogram?
A chart that uses pictures to represent data.
Name impacts of cotton farming on the environment.
Loss of water (Aral sea.)
Harmful pesticides.
Chemicals polluting water.
Unsustainable energy being used to process the cotton.
Define fast fashion.
Inexpensive clothing produced rapidly by mass-market retailers in response to the latest trends.
What is malaria caused by?
A parasite that is transmitted by female Anopheles mosquitoes.
What are symptoms of malaria?
Headache, fever, chills, sweating, dry cough, spleen enlargement, nausea, back pain, muscular pain, fatigue, vomiting.
What kind of countries do GSK have their factories in?
LICs.
Name the protected characteristics in the UK.
Age, sex, maternity, gender reassignment, disability, sexuality, marriage and civil partnership, religion, race.
