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ENTRY TASK:•HOW DOES CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT HUMAN LIVES?
• STUDENTS WILL HAVE A HEI QUIZ NEXT WEEK! SECTIONS 1, 2 AND 3 WILL HAVE THE QUIZ ON SUNDAY, MAY 22ND. SECTION 4 WILL TAKE THE QUIZ ON MONDAY, MAY 23RD.
PLEASE REVIEW THE FOLLOWING CONCEPTS FOR THE QUIZ: • THE “GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH”• NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY • FOSSIL FUELS • RENEWABLE ENERGY• GREENHOUSE GASES • GLOBAL WARMING • CLIMATE CHANGE • EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
HOW TO STUDY FOR THE QUIZ: • INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK• PRESENTATIONS POSTED ON THE BLOG • ARTICLES & VIDEOS POSTED ON THE GOOGLE CLASSROOM• HTTP://WWW.GEOCRAFT.COM/WVFOSSILS/GLOBWARMTEST/Q3.HTM
INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK:
•TITLE = CLIMATE CHANGE
•RIGHT SIDE = CLIMATE CHANGE MAP
•CLIMATE CHANGE MAP: • LABEL AND COLOR THE FOLLOWING: • ANTARCTICA• AFRICA• SWITZERLAND• RUSSIA• INDIA• BANGLADESH• TIBET• FIJI• CANADA
THE GLOBAL EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE MAP:
•FOR EACH REGION, SUMMARIZE ONE EFFECT AND WRITE IT IN AS NOTES ON THE MAP.
ANTARCTICA1. CHINSTRAP PENGUINS HAVE
BEGUN TO EXPAND THEIR HABITAT, PREFERRING OPEN-
WATER HABITAT TO PACK ICEICE IS MELTING SO THEY ARE LOSING
THEIR HABITAT.2. PENGUINS ARE DYING. IN THIS
LOCATION, WHERE ONCE OVER 16,000 ADELIE PENGUINS STOOD TWENTY- FIVE YEARS AGO, THE
POPULATION IS REDUCED BY 33%.
AFRICA
1.IN AFRICA, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF
MALARIA IN A HIGHLANDS AREA THAT PREVIOUSLY
HAD NOT BEEN EXPOSED.2.IN SAHEL, AFRICA, THE
WORST DROUGHT IN 60 YEARS IS STILL OCCURRING.
3.92% OF MT. KENYA’S GLACIER HAS MELTED IN
THE LAST 100 YEARS.
CANADA1. THE POLAR BEAR
POPULATION HAS DECLINED FROM
AROUND 1,200 BEARS IN 1987 TO LESS THAN
950 BEARS IN 2004.
2.SEA ICE FROM RUSSIA TO NORTH AMERICA IS
MELTING.
INDIA & BANGLADESH
1. IN BANGLADESH, A DENSELY POPULATED LOCATION,
RESEARCHERS FOUND A STRONG RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN MORE INTENSE EL NINO EVENTS AND OUTBREAKS
OF CHOLERA.
2.THERE HAS BEEN INCREASED FLOODING IN MANY INDIAN
COASTAL ZONES.
FIJI
1. IN THE VACATION DESTINATION ISLAND OF FIJI, LOCAL
INHABITANTS AT 16 SITES REPORT THAT THE ISLAND'S AVERAGE
SHORELINE HAS BEEN RECEDING 6 INCHES PER YEAR FOR THE PAST
90 YEARS.
2. THERE ARE REPORTS OF MORE CORAL BLEACHING DUE TO ALGAE
DYING.
3. IT IS PREDICTED THAT IN 10 YEARS, THE ISLAND OF TUVALA
WILL BE UNDERWATER.
SWITZERLAND1. IN THIS MOUNTAINOUS REGION
IN SWITZERLAND, THE PERMAFROST THAT ANCHORS
THE CLIFF IS MELTING.2. THE RAPID RETREAT OF THE
GURSCHEN GLACIER HAS FORCED A SKI RESORT TO
WRAP ITS SHRINKING ICE CAP UNDER A PLASTIC BLANKET IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE THE
SUMMER MELT.3. IN THIS LOCATION, SCIENTISTS
HAVE OBSERVED FIVE MILLION TONS OF ROCK SLOWLY SLIDING OFF EIGER, A
MAGNIFICENT MOUNTAIN IN THE NORTHERN ALPS.
RUSSIA1. DROUGHT AND HIGH WINDS FUELED
FIRES WHICH DESTROYED 3.7 MILLION ACRES OF TAIGA AND THREATENED TWO IMPORTANT NATURE RESERVES THAT ARE
HABITAT FOR THE ONLY REMAINING AMUR TIGERS IN RUSSIA.
2. LARGE EXPANSES OF TUNDRA PERMAFROST ARE MELTING. IN SOME REGIONS, THE RATE OF THAWING OF
THE UPPER GROUND IS NEARLY 8 INCHES PER YEAR.
3. IN THIS LOCATION, LAKE BAIKAL HAS HAD A SHORTER FREEZING PERIOD
FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.
TIBET1. IN THE TIBETAN REGION KNOWN AS THE ROOF OF THE WORLD, THE
CAPITAL HAD THE WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD IN 1998.
TEMPERATURES HOVERED ABOVE 77 DEGREES F FOR 23 DAYS.
2. BASED ON ICE CORES FROM THE DASUOPU GLACIER, TIBET HAD THE WARMEST DECADE ON RECORD IN
1,000 YEARS.3. METEOROLOGICAL RECORDS FOR
THE TIBETAN PLATEAU SHOW THAT ANNUAL TEMPERATURES
INCREASED 0.4 DEGREES F PER DECADE AND WINTER
TEMPERATURES INCREASED 0.6 DEGREES F PER DECADE FROM
1955 TO 1996
•INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK:
•LEFT SIDE = KIRIBATI VIDEO NOTES
• KIRIBATI VIDEOS - WATCH BOTH VIDEOS IN ORDER TO FILL OUT THE NOTES. • LEVELS 1 AND 2 SHOULD BE FILLED OUT DURING
THE FILM.• LEVEL 3 CAN BE FILLED OUT AFTER IN PAIRS OR
INDIVIDUALLY.• DISCUSS ANSWERS AS A CLASS• LEVEL 3 - CONSIDER THE EFFECT SOCIALLY AND
CULTURALLY AND POLITICALLY OF THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THESE ISLANDS. • WHO IS AT FAULT? CAN IT BE STOPPED? WHO SHOULD
HELP? MAY WANT TO THEN EXTEND THIS TO OTHER CITIESWHAT HAPPENS IF THE COAST OF JAPAN OR CALIFORNIA GETS TAKEN DOWN?
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