Environment 2

Revision: Environment
Expansion: Biodiversity

Reminder: Mock Exam next week!

Multiple Choice

What were you supposed to talk about last week?

• Have a discusssion about how climate is influenced by changes in the weather.

• The implications of climate change as well as how humanity has effected the natural process of changing climates.

• How people can adequately prepare for changes in temperature in winter.

• How carbon emissions influence the quality of food production in third world countries.

​Weather is a localized phenomenon.
It changes frequently and quickly.

Changes in climate effect local weather.

​​Weather

​The planets climate changes naturally over thousands of years.

Humanity and industrialisation have accelerated but not created this process.

​​Climate

Greenhouse gases are esssential in order to sustain life on our planet.

The greenhouse effect is responsible for heating the planet enough to allow for life.

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​Earth's Atmosphere

Draw

Complete the drawing as you have seen it last week!

Assign the following parts:

Solar radiation

Atmosphere

Greenhouse Gas

Infrared radiation (heat)

You do not need to remember the different gases perfectly.

You absolutely must remember what CO2 is!

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​The Greenhouse Effect

Categorize

Options (20)

Industrialisation

Natural Processes

Carbon Emissions

Unsustainable Agriculture

Careless Deforestation

Rising Temperatures

Rising Sea Levels

Extreme Weather

Emission Protocols (Kyoto Protocol)

Sustainable Agriculture

Conservation Efforts

Decrease in Air Quality

Erosion and Desertification

Unnecessary Consumption

Mass Extinction

Reforestation

Renewable Energy Systems

Fossil Fuels

Recycling

Limiting Consumption

Organize these options into the right categories

Causes of climate change

Effects of climate change

Measures against climate change

Personal Actions

​There is enough scientific evidence to dispel any doubt about the existance of climate change!

​​Evidence

​... of farmers tracking changes in weather are combined with modern scientific measurements and methods.

​​Century-old data...

​Might not have created climate change, but has accelerated it at significant rates.

​​Humanity

Match

Match the following

• pollution

• to contaminate

• extinction

• precipitation

• resource

Umweltverschmutzung

verunreinigen

Ausrottung

Niederschlag

Rohstoff

• Umweltverschmutzung

• verunreinigen

• Ausrottung

• Niederschlag

• Rohstoff

Socio-Economical Effects

​"No ground to stand on"

Entire civilizations have formed around geographic features, climate regions and natural resources.

A change in these can have drastic effects on entire countries.

​If your crops do no longer grow due to a change in climate, your very livelihood might be in danger.

​​Farming

​Entire landmasses might become uninhabitable.

​​Living Space

​A community might lose the very foundation it is built upon.

​​Resources

Open Ended

In your own words, try to explain why climate change can have drastic effects on the lives of people.

Book page 279

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​The Driving Forces of Destruction

Open Ended

Give examples of products we use in our daily lives that originated in the rainforests.

Suggest measures to stop rainforest destruction.

Say what you will change in your daily life in order to help protect and save the world's rainforests.

The Ozone Layer

Book page: 282

Read the paragraphs about the ozone layer and prepare for several questions!

Multiple Choice

"Holes" in the ozone layer allow more "heat rays" to reach the Earth, causing global warming.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

An increase of CO₂ in the atmosphere causes ozone depletion.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Ozone depletion is not a global issue, just a problem at the South Pole.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

UV-B radiation causses skin cancer.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Reductions in ozone levels will lead to higher levels of UV-B rays reaching the Earth's surface.

• True

• False

Word Cloud

What english words do you associate with the topic "Environment"?

Biodiversity

Diversity = Vielfalt

Open Ended

Give a very simple definition and explanation about what Biodiversity is.

Exploitation of
Natural Resources

Book chapter starts at page 286 (= essential vocabulary!)

Reorder

Order the natural resources according to how rare you think they are with 1 being the hardest to find on earth and 5 being the most "easily" found resource.

• Rare Earth Elements and Metals

• Fosssil Fuels

• Groundwater

• Sand

• (Fresh)Water

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

​... do not contribute to the planet's freshwater supply and make up about 97% of all water on Earth.

​​Oceans...

​... is a severly limited resource that is rapidly depleting all over the world.

​​Drinking water...

Open Ended

Why might protecting, conserving and sustaining an adequate amount of drinking water on a global scale be problematic?

Reading comprehension

Page 288-289

In addition to the task in the book, new tasks will be presented on the following slides!

Hotspot

Indicate areas of the world with "high water stress" or "extremely high water stress"!

Categorize

Options (10)

Austria

Eastern Europe

Russia

USA

South America

China

Australia

Northen Africa

Middle East

Mexico

Organize these options into the right categories

Low to no water stress

Medium water stress

High water stress

Extreme water stress

Oil

You will have to work out answers for the upcoming questions yourself!

​How it works:

You will be given a variety of questions.
Each question has a time limit of at least 5 minutes!

You can use any and all means to find the correct answer.
You can work on them alone or in teams.

Multiple Choice

The annual global usage of crude oil is increasing steadily.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Refining crude oil into fuel and other products is significantly worse for the environment than other fuel sources and refining methods.

• True

• False

Open Ended

Name at least three different negative impacts the refining process of crude oil has on the environment.

Reorder

Reorder the following fuel generation processes according to their environmental impact.

1 being the most devastating, 5 being the least impactful.

• Crude Oil Refining

• Coal Energy

• Natural Gas

• Renewable Energy

1

2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Overpopulation

Starting at book page 296.​

Open Ended

Define the term "overpopulation".

Name some of the worlds's most populated countries/areas.

Outline the causes of overpopulation.

Illustrate the consequences.

Suggest measures/ideas to deal with overpopulation.

Say who you think is most affeccted by overpopulation. Give reasons.

• Mahatma Gandhi

" Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed." 

Word Cloud

What do you associate with the topic "Natural Resources"?