Grade 9 Geography – Unit 1 – State of the World – Global Warming

Themes of Geography

Causes Common Mistakes

Definitions Did You Know

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Physical features, traditions of people and/or climate

What is Place?

Transportation methods, imports and exports, Internet

and “push and pull”.

What is Movement?

Kingston is 42.3ON and 77.6OW

What is Location?

Political divisions, tribal divisions, languages, number

of religions or vegetation zones.

What is Region?

Global Warming, flood damage and Ozone Depletion

What is Human-Environment

Interactions?

CO2, CH4 and NOX

What are Greenhouse Gases?

The layers of gas surrounding the Earth

What is the atmosphere?

Without this, the Earth would be 33OC colder

What is the Greenhouse Effect?

From atmosphere to terrestrial to within ground or

ocean and back to atmosphere.

What is the Carbon Cycle?

When this is done to fossil fuels such as coal, oil and

gas, the by-product or “waste” is carbon dioxide.

What is combustion (or burning)?

CFCs reacting with O3.

What is depletion of the ozone layer?

The ongoing, long-term changes in climate, including

average temperature and precipitation, as well as

changes in the seasonal or geographic variability of

temperature and precipitation.

What is Climate Change?

Many people think incorrectly that it is the most common

element in Earth’s atmosphere.

What is oxygen?

Many people incorrectly believe it is only caused by

humans.

What is Global Warming?

Many people think incorrectly that this effect is entirely

anthropogenic (i.e., made by humans)

What is the Greenhouse Effect?

To be maintained at a certain level indefinitely

What is sustainability?

The natural ability of trees, other plants and the soil to soak up carbon dioxide and temporarily store the carbon

in wood, roots, leaves and the soil.

What is a Carbon Sink?

The average pattern of weather for a particular

region.

What is climate?

Oil, coal and natural gas that originates from decayed

plants and animals.

What are Fossil Fuels?

A resource such as water that can be

used continuously without being

completely depleted because it regenerates

itself within a useful amount of time.

What is a Renewable Resource?

The percent of the total energy consumed in a

washing machine to heat the water?

What is 92%?

The average household water consumption by one

person in Canada each day?

What is 300 L?

The amount of CO2 in weight

a car emits each year.

What is 3X the weight of the car?

The percent reduction in present global CO2

emissions needed to stabilize atmospheric CO2 concentrations at current

levels?

What is between 50 and 60%?

5.2% below 1990 levels by 2010

What is the Kyoto Protocol average annual emissions

target?