The cards Question What is the Quaternary period? Tap to flip Answer The period of geological time from 2.6 million years ago to the present day. Question What is climate change? Tap to flip Answer A long-term change in the patterns of Earth's climate. Question What is an ice core? Tap to flip Answer A cylinder of ice drilled out of an ice sheet or glacier and used to analyse past climate conditions. Question Give one type of evidence for natural climate change. Tap to flip Answer For example ice cores, tree rings or historical sources. Question Roughly how many cycles of glacial and interglacial phases have there been in the Quaternary period? Tap to flip Answer Around 50. Question How does a glacial phase differ from an interglacial phase? Tap to flip Answer A glacial phase is cold; an interglacial phase is warmer. Question Is climate change only a recent event? Tap to flip Answer No. Earth's climate patterns have changed many times in the past. Question What are Milankovitch cycles? Tap to flip Answer Natural changes in Earth's orbit and tilt over thousands of years that influence the solar energy Earth receives and its climate. Question What is a greenhouse gas? Tap to flip Answer A gas that traps heat in the atmosphere, contributing to Earth's warming. Question Give one example of a greenhouse gas. Tap to flip Answer For example carbon dioxide (CO₂) or methane. Question What is the enhanced greenhouse effect? Tap to flip Answer The increased concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere caused by human activities, which leads to global warming. Question Give one natural cause of climate change. Tap to flip Answer For example orbital changes, asteroid collisions, volcanic activity or changes in solar output. Question Give one human cause of climate change. Tap to flip Answer For example burning fossil fuels, agriculture or deforestation. Question How do human causes of climate change lead to global warming? Tap to flip Answer They produce greenhouse gases, which enhance the greenhouse effect. Question Is climate change caused only by human activity? Tap to flip Answer No. Human activity has been significant in recent climate change, but natural factors have changed the climate over millions of years. Question What is extreme weather? Tap to flip Answer A weather event that is significantly different from the average or usual weather pattern. Question In geography, what is a social impact? Tap to flip Answer The effect of an event or situation on people and communities. Question What is biodiversity? Tap to flip Answer A measure of the variety of living organisms in a habitat, ecosystem or biome, or across the whole Earth. Question Give one effect of climate change caused by human activity. Tap to flip Answer For example sea level rise, declining Arctic ice or more extreme weather events. Question Why is there uncertainty about future climates? Tap to flip Answer Because there is a range of projections, for example for global temperatures. Question Will all regions be affected equally by climate change? Tap to flip Answer No. Regions experience its effects differently because of environmental, economic and social factors. Question In managing climate change, what is mitigation? Tap to flip Answer Actions that reduce or prevent the emission of greenhouse gases. Question What is renewable energy? Tap to flip Answer Energy from natural sources that are constantly replenished, such as wind and solar. Question What is the Paris Agreement? Tap to flip Answer An international treaty on climate change that aims to limit global warming. Question Give one mitigation strategy for climate change. Tap to flip Answer For example alternative energy production, carbon capture or planting trees. Question Can individuals contribute to climate change mitigation? Tap to flip Answer Yes. Individual actions, such as reducing energy use, collectively contribute to mitigation efforts. Question What is irrigation? Tap to flip Answer A method of supplying water to crops to help them grow. Question What is desalination? Tap to flip Answer Removing salt from seawater so that it can be used for drinking and irrigation. Question What are coastal defences? Tap to flip Answer Structures built to protect land from the sea, for example sea walls. Question Give one adaptation strategy for climate change. Tap to flip Answer For example changing agricultural systems, managing water supply or reducing the risk from rising sea levels. Question Give one climate change adaptation strategy that is simple and cost-effective. Tap to flip Answer For example rainwater harvesting or crop rotation. Question What is geospatial data? Tap to flip Answer Georeferenced information, either quantitative (e.g. numbers) or qualitative (e.g. photos), that is tied to a particular location. Question In GIS, what are media layers? Tap to flip Answer Overlays of scanned maps or aerial or satellite images, georeferenced so that they line up with other layers. Question What does the GIS Elevation Profile tool show? Tap to flip Answer Changes in height above or below sea level along a transect line. Question In GIS, where are media layers configured? Tap to flip Answer In a 2D webmap, which can then be saved for use in 3D maps. Question Why can glacial landforms be seen in many areas today? Tap to flip Answer Because the ice sheets and glaciers that created them have melted. Where this deck sits in the curriculum Curriculum National Curriculum for England Stage GCSE (Years 10–11) Course GCSE Geography Unit Climate change Exam boards AQA England's National Curriculum sets what is taught; the units and their order are Oak National Academy's. Flash Feed is not affiliated with Oak or any exam board.
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