Download Anticipation Guide: Climate Change

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Anticipation Guide: Climate Change
Mark whether or not you agree or disagree with each statement to the left of the statement.
When you’re finished with the lesson, decide whether you still agree or disagree and explain
why.
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Disagree
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Statement
1. The energy from the sun would be
absorbed by Earth’s landmasses and
oceans if there was no atmosphere.
2. Scientists determine previous
climate conditions by making direct
measurements.
3. People living in coastal regions
would be threatened by rising sea
levels due to climate change.
4. The amount of carbon dioxide
emissions for which an individual or
group is responsible is known as a
‘carbon footprint’.
5. The planting of new trees helps
reduce climate change because trees
release moisture that cools the
atmosphere.
6. The combustion of fossil fuels
releases carbon dioxide.
Agree
Disagree
Source
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Before
Agree
Disagree
After
Statement
7. The concentration of carbon
dioxide in the atmosphere is
decreasing.
8. Data collected from ice cores,
ancient sediments, and tree rings
are examples of direct evidence of
past climate patterns.
9. The Clean Air Act did little to
protect and improve the quality of
air.
10. Water vapor, carbon dioxide and
methane are examples of global
gases.
11. Volcanic eruptions affect
weather because of the gases and
particles that block the sunlight,
lowering temperatures.
12. Scientists can get samples of
ancient air from ice cores.
13. The sun is the energy source
that influences weather and climate.
14. One of the effects of the Clean
Air Act was the reduction of lead in
gasoline for cars and trucks in the
United States.
Agree
Disagree
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