Climate Change Interactive

Assignment: Climate Change Interactive

Today, you will explore the impact of greenhouse gases.

PREREQUISITE VOCABULARY

Drag the definiitions to each vocabulary term.

Farming

Global Warming

Greenhouse Gas

Long-term change in the weather patterns of a region

Increase in Earth's overall temperature caused by excess carbon dioxide

Agriculture

Climate Change

Trapping of the sun's energy by the atmosphere

Greenhouse Effect

Gas that helps trap energy from the sun

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Temperature Changes

During this unit, you explored how human actions affect the Earth's atmosphere and weather patterns. Activities like burning fossil fuels have led to a rise in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, increasing global temperatures. Scientists have linked the increase in temperature to the growth of Earth's human population and the increasing need for natural resources. The graph shows the change in temperature from 1880 to 2020. In today's activity, we will explore how global temperatures have changed and some contributing factors.

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Let's get started!

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Timeline

You will now use the interactive to explore some factors that contributed to changing greenhouse gas concentrations between 1850 and 1950. While still in the calendar tab, press on the red clock icon. After you've explored the line chart, answer the following question in edio on page 7. "Drag to sort the events in order from most recent to oldest based on information in the Climate Change Interactive."

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Edio Questions

On page 6, you may see some questions. Take some time and answer them using what we just observed!

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Greenhouse Gases

For the first part of today's assignment, you will explore how greenhouse gas concentrations changed between 1850 and 1950. Begin by pressing the calendar button, then "Sunlight." Click each year to see how the greenhouse gases change. More dots mean that there is a greater concentration of greenhouse gases. Explore each of the years, noting the different factors, including:

• the number of dots
• the average temperature
• the quantity of greenhouse gases

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Modern Greenhouse Gases

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Timeline

Press the button with the current time frame, "1850 to 1950" to return to the main screen. Then, press the button labeled "1950 to 2020". This is the time range that you will be examining next. Again, press the calendar button, then "Sunlight." Click each year to see how the greenhouse gases change. Remember, more dots mean that there is a greater concentration of greenhouse gases. Answer the question in edio on page 10

You will now use the interactive to explore some factors that contributed to changing greenhouse gas concentrations between 1950 and 2020. While still in the calendar tab, press on the red clock icon. After you've explored the line chart, answer the question in edio on page 11.

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Human-Related Activities

Press on the right tab in the simulation to model how human activities have impacted greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. In this section of the activity, you can choose between three human-related activities:

• agriculture
• transport
• industry

Looking at the HIGHEST level of activity, compare the human-related activities. Answer the question in edio on page 8

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Human-Related Activities

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Reflection

Press on the right tab in the simulation to model how human activities have impacted greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. In this section of the activity, you can choose between three human-related activities:

• agriculture
• transport
• industry

Looking at the HIGHEST level of activity, compare the human-related activities looking for what contributed the LEAST. Answer the question in edio on page 13.

After observing the data, what do you expect to happen in the next 50-100 years. Answer the question on page 14 in edio. When you're done, that's it! Congrats! Take a look below at what we accomplished. Today we...

• used an interactive to explore greenhouse gases between 1850 and 1950.
• used an interactive to explore greenhouse gases between 1950 and 2020.

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World Map

You will now use the interactive to explore the countries that are contributing the most to greenhouse gas emissions. Begin by pressing the Earth icon to access a world map. You will notice that a few countries are highlighted. Press on each of these countries to explore their contribution to greenhouse gas emissions. Then, complete the question in edio on page 12, sorting the countries in order of their greenhouse gas contributions.

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