Earth's Climate Over Time

​Weather and Climate: Lesson 12

​Lesson 12: Earth's Climate Over Time

(turn to page 173!)​

Multiple Choice

The USA contributes 5% to global population. What percentage do we contribute to global carbon emissions?

• 0%

• 5%

• 22%

• 51%

Multiple Choice

What uses the most energy in the United States?

• Heat and AC

• Transportation

• Nuclear Power Plants

• Buildings and Factories

Multiple Choice

The greenhouse effect can be a good thing. Without it, how much would Earth's average temperature drop?

• About 5 degrees

• About 20 degrees

• About 150 degrees

• About 60 degrees

Multiple Choice

Which of these is not caused by global climate change?

• An increase in forest fire frequency

• A decrease in ocean levels

• An increase of malaria type diseases

• An increase of hurricane activity

Multiple Choice

Which statement is true?

• Climate change patterns have existed since the beginning of time

• Climate change is something new and scary

• Global warming is the only type of climate change

• The Earth has been steadily increasing temperature since day 1

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​What role do you think humans play in climate change?

​Lesson 12: Earth's Climate Over Time

​Reading - Introduction

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​The History of Earth's Climate

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​Reading - Section 1

Fill in the Blanks

Fill in the underlined sections to complete the following sentence: Throughout its history, Earth’s climate has gone through _______ changes with ____________. (Separate your answers with a comma and a space.)

Open Ended

What was Earth's surface like in the first 200 million years after Earth formed?

Multiple Choice

When did Earth's atmosphere first form?

• 2000 YA

• 4.4 billion YA

• 27 billion YA

• Yesterday, I think

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​Why Climate Changes Naturally Over Time

​Some text here about the topic of discussion.

​Reading: Section 2

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Draw

Draw the MAIN reason why Earth's climate changes.

Open Ended

What does "energy radiated back to space" mean?

Open Ended

What does "energy distributed around Earth" mean? How does it relate to climate change? (be sure to answer BOTH questions here!)

Open Ended

What are FOUR main ways that the amount of energy Earth receives from the sun can change over time?

Multiple Choice

How can gases in the atmosphere change the amount of energy that is radiated from Earth back into space?

• Some gases are shinier so they reflect more energy

• They can't

• Certain gases can reflect energy radiated by Earth back to the planet’s surface.

• The color of the gases affects the albedo which is how much they will reflect.

Multiple Select

Which one is a type of gas that will NOT radiate heat from the sun back to space, but instead absorb and trap more of the energy?

• Oxygen

• Carbon Dioxide

• Methane

• Hydrochloro-fluorocarbons

Section 3

Earth's Climate Since 1880

page 178

Draw

How has Earth's surface temperature changed since 1890?

Fill in the Blanks

Global warming is ____ ____ increase of surface temperature of Earth.

Open Ended

What is climate change?

Section 4

Changes to the Atmopshere in Modern Times
page 179-180

Open Ended

Come up with three questions you could ask about the graph showing the increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere over the past couple hundred years.