1. GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE Essential Questions

2. LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
SC.912.E.7.7: Identify, analyze, and relate the internal (Earth system) and external (astronomical) conditions that contribute to global climate change
SC.912.E.7.8: Explain how various atmospheric, oceanic, and hydrologic conditions in Florida have influenced and can influence human behavior, both individually and collectively

3. What is Global Climate Change?
Climate change is a change in the typical or average weather of a region or city. This could be a change in a region's average annual rainfall, for example. Or it could be a change in a city's average temperature for a given month or season. Use the link below to investigate how humans have influenced global climate.

4. What is Global Warming?
Global warming is the unusually rapid increase in Earth’s average surface temperature.
Use the link below to learn about the causes and effects of global warming.

5. What is the Greenhouse Effect and How Does it Affect the Biosphere?
This absorption and radiation of heat by the atmosphere—the natural greenhouse effect—is beneficial for life on Earth.
Increased levels of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere, however, contributes to global warming. 
Use the link below to learn how what causes the greenhouse effect and how human behavior has altered it.

6. What are Greenhouse Gasses and How Do They Affect Climate?
Greenhouse gasses are gas molecules that trap heat in the Earth’s atmosphere.
Increased levels of greenhouse gasses from human behavior have contributed to global warming.
Use the link below and complete the interactive activity to learn about the different types of greenhouse gasses and their sources.

7. What are the Causes of Global Warming?
There are many factors that contribute to global warming.
Some causes are natural, but many are manmade.
Use the link below to learn how the various natural and human factors impact global temperatures.

8. What are the Effects of Global Warming?
There are both short and long term effects of global warming.
Use the link below and complete the interactive activity to learn more about the effects of global warming

9. Can Global Warming Be Reversed?
Global warming can be stopped by a combination of measures, but it will take a world-wide effort.
Use the link below to learn about global warming solutions that are rated by their effectiveness and likelihood of being put into practice.