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Climate Change

4 dot points across 4 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

What causes the climate to change, and what is the human role?

Explain the natural and human causes of climate change and describe how the enhanced greenhouse effect warms the planet
A clear, scaffolded answer to the N(A)-Level Geography outcome on the causes of climate change. The natural causes, the human causes, and how burning fossil fuels enhances the greenhouse effect and warms the planet.
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What is the evidence that the world's climate is changing?

Describe the main lines of evidence that show the climate is warming, and explain why scientists are confident in them
A clear, scaffolded answer to the N(A)-Level Geography outcome on climate change evidence. Rising temperatures, melting ice, rising seas and shifting species, why scientists are confident, and how to read the data.
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How does a warming climate affect people and the environment?

Describe the impacts of climate change on the environment and on people, including sea-level rise, extreme weather and food supply
A clear, scaffolded answer to the N(A)-Level Geography outcome on climate change impacts. Sea-level rise, more extreme weather, threats to food and water, harm to ecosystems, and why low-lying places are most at risk.
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What can be done to slow climate change and cope with its effects?

Explain how people respond to climate change through mitigation (reducing emissions) and adaptation (coping with the effects)
A clear, scaffolded answer to the N(A)-Level Geography outcome on climate responses. The difference between mitigation and adaptation, renewable energy and efficiency, coastal defences and crops, and action at every level.
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