Earth and Space Science / Unit 8: Climate
8.7 Effects and Responses
Notes
- Effects: more heat waves, intense rain, drought in some areas, melting ice, rising seas, ocean acidification, shifting habitats.
- Mitigation reduces causes: renewable energy (solar, wind), efficiency, protecting forests.
- Adaptation adjusts to changes: sea walls, drought-resistant crops, early warning systems.
- Choices by people and governments affect how much warming occurs.
Practice
Installing solar panels to replace coal power is:
It reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
Building a sea wall to protect a city from flooding is:
It handles effects rather than causes.
Which effect is expected as global temperatures rise?
Melting land ice and thermal expansion raise seas.
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