In and On:

Why is he

wrong???

Our changing climate?

In silence

1. Get out your Equipment

2. 2. Write down and underline the

title and date

3. Complete the In and On

20/10/2020

At home: Write

why you think

Trump is wrong?

The Earth's climate is constantly fluctuating. That means it is going up and down! This means that the temperature of the

world has been changing through time. This has been happening for millions of years and scientists are trying their

best to map the changes.

It has become a very popular topic recently with many high profiled celebs trying to raise our awareness of the issue of

climate change.

What you need to know

Weather, climate, projection, predicted, Medieval Warm

period, Ice Age

"The climate is what we expect, the weather is

what we get.“

What do you think this means?

TASK:

Write down what you think this statement

means.

What is the difference between weather and

climate? Give examples to support your answer

Climate vs Weather

Climate vs Weather

It is very important to be able to tell the difference between climate and weather.

Underneath your attempted definition add this one too:

Climate refers to the conditions in an area over a

long period of time, whereas weather refers to the

conditions over a short period of time. For example

what it is like on a certain day.

Think about the U.K Our climate is considered to be

temperate. This means we have cold winters and warm

summers.

However, it is often cold and raining in the summer and

‘unseasonably warm’ in the winter. These one off days are

examples of weather NOT climate!

QUIZ: Climate vs Weather

Are these scenarios climate or weather examples?

1. When packing for a holiday you take only

shorts and t shirts. You know that it is always

hot where you are going.

2. When you look out the window you decide you

should wear a coat to walk to school today.

4. A travel brochure describes a destination as nice

and warm all year round.

3. Typical! It's meant to be summer but it's raining

today!

At home: Answer

these questions in

your book

QUIZ: Climate vs Weather

Are these scenarios climate or weather examples?

1. When packing for a holiday you take only

shorts and t shirts. You know that it is always

hot where you are going.

2. When you look out the window you decide you

should wear a coat to walk to school today.

4. A travel brochure describes a destination as nice

and warm all year round.

3. Typical! It's meant to be summer but it's raining

today!

CLIMATE

WEATHER

CLIMATE

WEATHER

Climate change

The Earths climate has fluctuated

(changed) throughout history.

Sometimes the Earth has been

warmer, other times it has been

cooler.

The last Ice Age ended

approximately 10,000 years ago.

Overall since then there has been

a rise in temperature of 6ºc.

Quaternary Period

The Quaternary period began about 2.6 million years ago, and continues today.

In the Quaternary were the glacial periodsknown as the Ice Age.

Also, anatomically modern humans evolved.

During the Quaternary, many largemammalian species became extinct.

This was due to climate change and hunting by humans.

How has the climate changed?

A graph showing the change in global temperature over the last 450,000 years.

How has the climate changed?TASK: Stick in your graph and answer the following questions.

1. What was the temperature 400 thousand years ago?

2. What is the highest temperature recorded?

3. When was this?

4. What was the lowest temperature recorded?

5. When was this?

6. What is the range of temperature? (Lowest to highest)

7. What is the trend of the temperature graph?

At home: Print or

use the graph to

answer these

questions in your

book

By answering these questions you have just

described a trend. This is when you notice a

pattern in some data which allows you to

describe what has happened. In this case you

could describe the worlds fluctuating

temperature throughout history!

You have used years and temperatures to show

your findings. That’s what an excellent

geographer does! You are now going to use

these skills to describe the last 10,000 years….

Describing trends

This is a great example of how to pick out a trend. Notice how

the changes in temperature, the years it happened and what

temperature it is.

Describing trends

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p. (

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)This graph shows the

temperature change in the

last 10,00 years. Stick it in

your book leave space

underneath to describe the

trend.

Describing trends

Sentence Starters:

The temp in 10,000BC was ____

By 8,000BC it had sharply risen to ____

There is then a steady rise in the temperature

to ____.

The current temperature is _____

Overall the trend of this data shows that the

temperature has ______.

Challenge: Add in these

potential reasons for the change

in temperatures.

End of last ice age (10,00BC)

Medieval Warm Period (800-

1200 AD)

A sharp rise in global

temperature

Task: What has happened

to global temperatures

over the last 10,000

years? Write a detailed

description. Use data.

At home: Print

or use the graph

to describe what

it shows you.

Unscramble these words associated with

climate change!

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- uucaftelst

- Cie gea

- Eahtwre

- ratrnorue pyaeqid

Unscramble