Fill in the underlined sections to complete the following sentence: Throughout its history, Earth’s climate has gone through _______ changes with ____________. (Separate your answers with a comma and a space.)

gradual and abrupt, long periods of stability

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Weather and Climate: Lesson 12

Lesson 12: Earth's Climate Over Time

(turn to page 173!)

Multiple Choice

The USA contributes 5% to global population. What percentage do we contribute to global carbon emissions?

22%

51%

Multiple Choice

What uses the most energy in the United States?

Heat and AC

Transportation

Nuclear Power Plants

Buildings and Factories

Multiple Choice

The greenhouse effect can be a good thing. Without it, how much would Earth's average temperature drop?

About 5 degrees

About 20 degrees

About 150 degrees

About 60 degrees

Multiple Choice

Which of these is not caused by global climate change?

An increase in forest fire frequency

A decrease in ocean levels

An increase of malaria type diseases

An increase of hurricane activity

Multiple Choice

Which statement is true?

Climate change patterns have existed since the beginning of time

Climate change is something new and scary

Global warming is the only type of climate change

The Earth has been steadily increasing temperature since day 1

Page 173

What role do you think humans play in climate change?

Lesson 12: Earth's Climate Over Time

Reading - Introduction

The History of Earth's Climate

Reading - Section 1

Fill in the Blanks

Type answer...

Open Ended

What was Earth's surface like in the first 200 million years after Earth formed?

Type response here

Multiple Choice

When did Earth's atmosphere first form?

2000 YA

4.4 billion YA

27 billion YA

Yesterday, I think

Why Climate Changes Naturally Over Time

Some text here about the topic of discussion.

Reading: Section 2

Draw

Draw the MAIN reason why Earth's climate changes.

Open Ended

What does "energy radiated back to space" mean?

Type response here

Open Ended

What does "energy distributed around Earth" mean? How does it relate to climate change? (be sure to answer BOTH questions here!)

Type response here

Open Ended

What are FOUR main ways that the amount of energy Earth receives from the sun can change over time?

Type response here

Multiple Choice

How can gases in the atmosphere change the amount of energy that is radiated from Earth back into space?

Some gases are shinier so they reflect more energy

They can't

Certain gases can reflect energy radiated by Earth back to the planet’s surface.

The color of the gases affects the albedo which is how much they will reflect.

Multiple Select

Which one is a type of gas that will NOT radiate heat from the sun back to space, but instead absorb and trap more of the energy?

Oxygen

Carbon Dioxide

Methane

Hydrochloro-fluorocarbons

Section 3

Earth's Climate Since 1880

page 178

Draw

How has Earth's surface temperature changed since 1890?

Fill in the Blanks

Open Ended

What is climate change?

Type response here

Section 4

Changes to the Atmopshere in Modern Times
page 179-180

Open Ended

Come up with three questions you could ask about the graph showing the increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere over the past couple hundred years.

Type response here

Weather and Climate: Lesson 12

Lesson 12: Earth's Climate Over Time

(turn to page 173!)

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Earth's Climate Over Time

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​Reading - Section 1

Section 3

Section 4

​Weather and Climate: Lesson 12

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