Download How does climate change affect the landscape?

Essential Question: How does climate
change affect the landscape?
Investigation Question: How does climate
change affect ocean currents?
Investigation 1 Claims:
Climate change is directly related to the burning of fossil
fuels that create greenhouse gases. The melting of
glaciers effect the direction of ocean currents. A change
in ocean currents can affect storms over land.
Terms of Use:
Density Current, Specific Heat, Greenhouse gases,
Radiation, Evaporation, Low Pressure, Carbon
Emissions, Fossil Fuels, Caving, Greenhouse effect,
Natural Hazard, Climate Change
Format for writing Evidence
• The evidence justifies the claim ___Insert
Claim___ that in the article it says
____Insert Evidence from Article____.
How does climate change affect ocean
currents?
Evidence 1.1
Justification
• How does the evidence
justify the claim that
climate change is
directly related to the
burning of fossil fuels
that create greenhouse
gases?
• Terms: Greenhouse gases,
Carbon Emissions, Fossil
Fuels, Greenhouse effect,
Climate Change
How does climate change affect ocean
currents?
Evidence 1.2
Justification
How does the evidence
justifies the claim that
the greenhouse effect can
Increase the temperature
of the ocean?
Terms: Density Current,
Specific Heat, Greenhouse
gases, Radiation,
Evaporation, Low
Pressure, Caving,
Greenhouse effect
How does climate change affect ocean
currents?
Evidence 1.3
Justification
How does the evidence
justify the claim that a
change in ocean currents
can affect storms over
land?
Terms: Density Current,
Specific Heat, Radiation,
Evaporation, Low Pressure,
Caving, Natural Hazard,
Climate Change
Investigation Question: How does climate
change affect ocean currents?
Claims:
Climate change is directly related to the burning of fossil fuels
that create greenhouse gases. The melting of glaciers effect
the direction of ocean currents. A change in ocean currents
can affect storms over land.
Justification: The claim is supported by evidence because…
Evidence: Use the evidence presented in articles and in
figures (1.1 – 1.3) to justify the claims stated above.