Climate Change - evidence, human causes and natural causes

Define the term climate change.

• The average temperature of the world is getting warmer

• The individual weather patterns around the world are getting more extreme.

• The particular climates around the world are becoming less stable and more unpredictable.

• The natural and man made changes seen across all aspects of the climates around the world

What is the period of time between the regular cold 'glacial' periods called?

• Warm periods

• Hot climates

• Interglacial periods

• Global warming

Roughly by how much has temperature increased since 1880?

• 1.4^oC

• 0.9^oC

• 0.2^oC

• 1.7^oC

It is generally thought the sudden rise in temperatures and CO₂ in the 19th and early 20th century is attributed to what?

If the evidence that we gather is numerical (uses numbers) rather than written or visual evidence we call it what type of data?

• Qualitative

• Quantitative

• Numerical

• Literacy

Tick two boxes that shows us evidence no greater than the last few hundred years.

• Satellites

• Tree ring data

• Photographical

• Ice core data

What is considered the most reliable form of evidence from the choices below.

• Tree rings

• Newspapers and diary entries

• Ice core data

• Fossils

What is considered the least reliable form of evidence from the sources below.

• Satellites

• Historical records

• Photographical

• Fossils

What does the study of dendrochronology study?

• Ice core data

• Fossils

• Rock samples

• Tree rings

What is the name given to the general trend in rising sea and air temperatures around the globe.

• Climate change

• Sea level rise

• Temperature increasing

• Global Warming