WORKSHEET 10

Climate Change

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Purpose
  To investigate some of the natural processes and human activities which cause climate change.

Background
 

Study the following web pages then answer the questions given below.

Questions
 

Write your responses in the spaces provided below.

  1. Define the term 'climate'.









  2. What are some of the extreme climatic events we experience in Australia? Give at least three examples.




  3. What causes climate change? Give at least two causes.









  4. What is The Greenhouse Effect?









  5. What are some of the human activities that contribute to The Greenhouse Effect? List as many as you can.








  6. One of the roles of the Bureau of Meteorology is to monitor climate change. Observation stations are set up at selected sites around Australia to monitor the changing climate. What things do we need to think about when we set up a climate station?