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CHAPTER 6 - Climate Change and The Energy Crisis.: Stas Activity

Environmental awareness is important for several reasons: it fosters a connection to nature, promotes sustainable development, and encourages conservation of natural resources and species. Sustainable development meets present needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs, such as using solar energy instead of non-renewable sources. Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources and destruction of ecosystems, habitats, and increasing pollution, which can be caused by overuse of natural resources and destruction of natural habitats.

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CHAPTER 6 - Climate Change and The Energy Crisis.: Stas Activity

Environmental awareness is important for several reasons: it fosters a connection to nature, promotes sustainable development, and encourages conservation of natural resources and species. Sustainable development meets present needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs, such as using solar energy instead of non-renewable sources. Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources and destruction of ecosystems, habitats, and increasing pollution, which can be caused by overuse of natural resources and destruction of natural habitats.

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Pancho, Joshua , Raet

STAS ACTIVITY

CHAPTER 6 – Climate change and the Energy crisis.

1. What are the difference between weather and climate change?

 We hear about weather and climate all of the time. Most of us check the local weather
forecast to plan our days. And climate change is certainly a “hot” topic in the news.
There is, however, still a lot of confusion over the difference between the two.

Climate is the average of that weather. For example, you can expect snow in the
Northeast in January or for it to be hot and humid in the Southeast in July. This is
Climate. The climate record also includes extreme values such as record high
Temperatures or record amounts of rainfall.

So when we are talking about climate change, we are talking about changes in long-term
Averages of daily weather. In most places, weather can change from minute-to-minute,
Hour-to-hour, day-to-day, and season-to-season. Climate, however, is the average of
Weather over time and space.

2. What is Climate Change? What are the contributing factors that trigger this phenomena
(Natural and man-made driving forces)? And what are the effects of this changes on both living
And non-living things in our planet?

 Whereas weather refers to short-term changes in the atmosphere, climate describes


What the weather is like over a long period of time in a specific area. Different regions
Can have different climates. To describe the climate of a place, we might say what the
Temperatures are like during different seasons, how windy it usually is, or how much
Rain or snow typically falls. When scientists talk about climate, they're often looking at
Averages of precipitation, temperature, humidity, sunshine, wind, and other measures
Of weather that occur over a long period in a particular place. In some instances, they
Might look at these averages over 30 years. And, we refer to these three-decade
Averages of weather observations as Climate Normals. Looking at Climate Normals can
Help us describe whether the summers are hot and humid and whether the winters are
Cold and snowy at a particular place. They can also tell us when we might expect the
Warmest day of the year or the coldest day of the year at that location. But, while
Descriptions of an area’s climate provide a sense of what to expect, they don't provide
Any specific details about what the weather will be on any given day.
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3. What is Global warming? How about Global cooling? How does Climate change stimulate this
Fluctuations in global climate?

 More specifically, weather is the mix of events that happen each day in our atmosphere.
Even though there’s only one atmosphere on Earth, the weather isn’t the same all
Around the world. Weather is different in different parts of the world and changes over
Minutes, hours, days, and weeks. Most weather happens in the part of Earth’s
Atmosphere that is closest to the ground-called the troposphere. And, there are many
Different factors that can change the atmosphere in a certain area like air pressure,
Temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, and lots of other things. Together,
They determine what the weather is like at a given time and location.
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Chapter 7 – Environmental Awareness

1. How important is environmental awareness?

 Environmental awareness proves important for several reasons. It fosters a sense of


Connection to the natural world. Promotes sustainable development and encourages
Conservation of irreplaceable natural resources and vulnerable plant and animal
Species.

Considering the growing environmental concerns. The need for environmental science
As a subject was the need of the hour. Not only are we polluting the environment. But
The degrading health of our planet that can only sustain life is something to ponder
Upon.

Environmental science as an emerging discipline has been accounting for all those
Growing environmental concerns and in the awareness creation process. The awareness
Creation will help us understand the fragile state of our environment and the
Importance of its protection. It’s the only means by which we can ensure our
Descendants a clean and healthy environment to live in.

2. What is “Sustainable development”? Give at least 1 example of action that considers


Sustainable development.

 Although sustainable development is defined in multiple ways, the most often cited
Definition of the term comes from the Bruntland Report titled. “Our Common future.”
According to the report, sustainable development is “Development that meets the
needs Of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet
their own Needs.” From this particular definition, sustainable development can be
reduced to two Key concepts: needs and limitation. Needs refers to those in need-the
world’s poor. The Limitations are those “Imposed by the state of technology and social
organization on the Environment’s ability to meet present and future needs.”

Example:
 Solar energy – The greatest advantages of Solar Energy are that it is completely
Free and is available in limitless supply. Both of these factors
Provide a huge benefit to consumers and help reduce
pollution. Replacing non-renewable energy with this type of
energy is both Environmentally and financially effective.
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3. What is “ Environmental degradation”? What causes environmental degradation?

 Environmental degrading is the deterioration of the environment through


Depletion of resources such as air, water, and soil. The destruction of
Ecosystem, Habitat destruction, The extinction of wildlife, And pollution. When
Natural habitats are destroyed or natural resources are depleted, The
Environment is degraded.

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