Evaluating Climate Change Data

I can evaluate climate data to draw conclusions about climate change.

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We don't generate video — this one is by Miacademy & MiaPrep Learning Channel on YouTube. The practice questions and exit ticket below were drafted by AI for this objective, and every question is editable in the teacher guide.

1. 1

   Guy Callendar discovered that the planet had warmed by about 0.3 degrees Celsius over the previous 50 years and believed these changes were a direct result of human activity.

2. 2

   Burning fossil fuels disrupts the natural balance by releasing additional greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, trapping more heat and causing Earth's average temperature to rise.

3. 3

   Scientists extract ice cores by drilling deep into ice at Earth's poles to determine concentrations of gases in Earth's past atmosphere, revealing that human activity is dramatically increasing the rate of climate change.

“Describe two pieces of evidence from the video that support the theory that Earth's climate is changing at an accelerated rate due to human activity.”

Sample answer included in the free materials