GCSE Biology – Global warming

Last updated: 04/05/2020

Learning Objectives

-I can describe the biological consequences of global warming
-I can recall the gases that contribute to global warming

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  1. What is global warming?

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  2. What causes global warming?

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  3. What is global warming causing?

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  4. What is migration?

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  5. How does global warming affect migration?

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  6. What is the distribution of a species?

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  7. Why might some species go extinct with climate change?

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  8. Why are sea levels rising?

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  9. How will rising sea levels affect organisms?

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  10. If there was no greenhouse gases around Earth,

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  11. What gases cause global warming?

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  12. What is the name of greenhouse gases causing global warming?

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  13. Which greenhouse gas is most abundant?

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  14. What other substance is a greenhouse gas?

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  15. What type of radiation is associated with global warming?

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  16. What happens to short wave radiation from the Sun?

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  17. What happens to long wave radiation leaving Earth?

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  18. What do greenhouse gases do with long wave radiation?

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  19. What does a thicker layer of greenhouse gases lead to?

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  20. Why are carbon dioxide levels increasing?

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  21. Why are methane levels increasing?

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  22. Why are nitrous oxide levels increasing?

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  23. Why else are nitrous oxide levels increasing?

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  24. What has happened to atmospheric carbon dioxide levels over time?

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  25. What effect do humans have on water vapour levels?

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