midterm

Question 1

what is climate change?

Answer 1

the way both weather and climate systems are changing as a result in man kinds industrial activity.

Question 2

name the 4 kinds of climate change:

Answer 2

drought, rising sea levels, melting ice glaciers, tropical

Question 3

explain drought

Answer 3

no rainfall that results in harvests being halved

Question 4

explain rising sea levels

Answer 4

melting ice glaciers in the north and south poles which causes the sea levels to rise

Question 5

explain polar ice melting

Answer 5

ice glaciers in the north and south melting due to high temperatures

Question 6

explain tropical

Answer 6

forest fires due to high temperatures

Question 6

what is deforestation?

Answer 6

the clearing of trees

Question 6

what is global warming?

Answer 6

the result of the climate changing due to the three greenhouse gasses going up in the atmosphere.

Question 7

list the 3 greenhouse gasses and where they come from

Answer 7

carbon dioxide- the burning of fossil fuel
nitrous oxide- rocket fuel, dentists
methane-the gas that comes from cattle as their population increases

Question 7

name some methods to reduce the effect of climate change

Answer 7

reforestation, electric cars, recycling, solar panels and wind farms to generate electricity, educating yourself on the subject.

Question 8

what is agriculture?

Answer 8

the growing of food.

Question 9

what is food security?

Answer 9

when people have access to nutritious food

Question 9

what is malnutrition?

Answer 9

the lack of nutritious food in your body.

Question 10

what is hunger?

Answer 10

starvation to the extent of malnutrition

Question 10

what is poverty?

Answer 10

when people’s basic needs are not met

Question 10

what are some basic needs?

Answer 10

food, water,education, clothes, a safe place to live, jobs, medicine

Question 11

what causes poverty?

Answer 11

food waste, natural disasters, lack of jobs, climate change, lack of government support, war

Question 12

how can we reduce food waste?

Answer 12

donate to charitable donations, saving food instead of throwing it away, shop local, buy food closest to end date to avoid the supermarket throwing it away.

Question 12

how can we reduce poverty in the world?

Answer 12

donate to people in need
donate to charity
buy only what you need

Question 13

what is globalization?

Answer 13

the way countries use technology, transportation, and communication to connect with each other.

Question 14

what is trade?

Answer 14

the buying and selling of goods and services

Question 15

what is common market?

Answer 15

an economic alliance of countries in the european union that dropped trade barriers among its members.

Question 16

what is middle class?

Answer 16

the economic class between the rich and the poor.

Question 16

what is free enterprise?

Answer 16

it is a economic system where private businesses organize and operate for profit competitively with minimum government interference.

Question 16

what is democracy?

Answer 16

having a government where the power is in the hands of the people and is exercised by its representatives

Question 17

what is communism?

Answer 17

a social and economic philosophy marked by a classless society with the absence of private property.

Question 17

what is the european union?

Answer 17

an economic and political association within the countries in europe..

Question 18

what are imports?

Answer 18

a good or service bought in one country that was manufactured in another country.

Question 18

what are exports?

Answer 18

a good or service that was manufactured in one country and bought to sellers in another country

Question 18

what is fair trade?

Answer 18

the exchange of goods and services with the same value of goods.

Question 19

what is a primary industry? (give some examples)

Answer 19

Any company that extracts or harvests raw materials for the secondary industry to turn into goods and the tertiary industry to turn into services. Ex: meat , minery, fisheries

Question 20

what is a secondary industry+ex?

Answer 20

Secondary industry is the manufacturing company. This is where the raw materials gathered from the primary industry are made into sellable products. Ex: construction, food, fashion, manufacturing

Question 21

what is the tertiary industry+examples?

Answer 21

Tertiary is the service industry, these are all the places that provide different services to the industry.Ex:hospitals,education

Question 22

what is the quaternary industry+ex?

Answer 22

businesses that provide services like consulting, IT, and research. They conduct research into different areas and represent the quaternary industry. Ex: astrologists, astronomers, neurologists.

Question 23

what is the barter exchange system?

Answer 23

The exchange of goods and services without the use of money, it was used in the early age as a means of trade.

Question 24

what are the positives of trade?

Answer 24

it increases the country's globalization, it increases the country's profit, it increases the products and business varieties in a country.

Question 24

what are the negatives of trade?

Answer 24

increase food and product waste increases pollution culture differences

Question 25

explain how case studys are written (format)