KS3 Geography › Weather and climate: how do they vary?

Climate Change

The climate has always shifted — ice ages have come and gone long before anyone was burning anything. What's different now is the speed, and the reason. Four separate lines of evidence tell the same story, and knowing what they are is what separates an opinion from an argument.

KS3 Geography · Year 7–9 · Free worksheet with answers

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What you'll be able to do after this lesson

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Describe the natural causes of climate change, including Milankovitch cycles and volcanic activity
Describe the human causes of climate change and explain the enhanced greenhouse effect
Explain how the greenhouse effect works
Describe the four types of evidence scientists use for climate change
Explain the difference between mitigation and adaptation, and give examples of each
Describe how climate change affects people and places, and what climate justice means

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Weather and climate: how do they vary?

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