Work in pairs to analyse the message in each cartoon. What are we studying today?

Climate Change 1
What is the evidence for climate change?
There are two time scales to study here…

Long term climate change – average global temperatures and weather

patterns have fluctuated over the course of millions of years,
alternating between very cold periods (‘glacials’ or ‘ice ages’) and
warmer periods (‘interglacials’) due to natural causes.

Recent (short) term climate change – a notable warming of average

global temperatures which has occurred in the last century and is
believed to be caused primarily by human factors.
What is the evidence for climate change?

Long term climate change

Activity
1. Draw a line graph to show temperature over
the last 200000 years
2. Mark the periods with lower temperatures
Scale 1cm =
with a ‘G’ for Glacial period 10,000 yrs +
3. Mark the periods with higher temperatures 2cm = 5
with a ‘I’ for Interglacial period degrees

https://www.theguardian.com/science/punctuated-equilibrium/2011/may/12/1
What is the evidence for climate change? Yrs before Av. July
present Temp ◦C
Present 17
Long term climate change
4000 16
Activity 8000 11
1. Draw a line graph to show temperature over 12000 14
the last 200000 years 16000 9

2. Mark the periods with lower temperatures 20000 8

Scale 1cm =
with a ‘G’ for Glacial period 40000 8
10,000 yrs +
3. Mark the periods with higher temperatures 60000 8 2cm = 5
with a ‘I’ for Interglacial period 80000 19 degrees
100000 9
120000 10
140000 17
160000 5
180000 4
200000 15
What is the evidence for climate change?
Long term climate change

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What is the evidence for climate change?

Recent (short term)

Climate Change

How do we know the Eart

h's climate is warming?

Activities:
1. Describe the trends
shown in the graph.
SN: Print, read then complete the stretch activity at the end