AQA GCSE - Climate change

What is extreme weather?

• Normal weather

• Average conditions of the atmosphere over 30 years

• Weather (day to day conditions) that are out of the ordinary

Select 2 weather hazards the UK might have

• Earthquakes

• Hurricanes

• Blizzard

• Thunderstorms

When did Beast from the East occur?

• 2018

• 2020

• 2022

Give 1 social impact of Beast from the East?

• Thousands of homes lost power

• Delivery lorries trapped on motorways

• More gas and electricity used, so more waste gases

• Trains cancelled loss of business

Give 1 economic impact of Beast from the East?

• Thousands of homes lost power

• Delivery lorries trapped on motorways

• More gas and electricity used, so more waste gases

• Crops died

Give 1 environmental impact of Beast from the East?

• Thousands of homes lost power

• Delivery lorries trapped on motorways

• More gas and electricity used, so more waste gases

• Trains cancelled loss of business

When was the last ice age?

• Around 10 million years ago

• Around 15,000 years ago

• Around 5 years ago

Which of these are useful ways to measure past climate change? (Thousands of years ago)

• Ice cores

• Tree rings

• Temperature records

• Diary accounts

Which of these are natural causes of climate change?

• Major volcanic eruptions

• Burning fossil fuels

• Deforestation

• Orbital theory

Which of these are human causes of climate change?

• Major volcanic eruptions

• Burning fossil fuels

• Deforestation

• Sun spots