Canadian GeographyClimate Change in CanadaMs. Ripley

Instructions: Using the Natural Resources Canada website called ‘Climate Change inCanada” answer the following questions for each region listed down the left-hand side of the webpage.

Temperature Rising - Climate Change in Southwestern British Columbia
1. Why might Canada experience more temperature change over the next few decades? How much of a temp. change does the map indicate?
2. What has allowed Human society to flourish over the last 10, 000 years?
3. What would Vancouver have looked like 16, 000 years ago?
4. What would be the result of melting glaciers to the shorelines of British Columbia?
5. More specifically what effect would rising sea levels have on the FraserRiverdelta?
6. What is the result of smog being trapped by mountain walls in cities like Vancouver and Kelowna?
7. Climatologists are predicting that British Columbia will experience wetter and stormier winters in the future. What result will this have on the BC infrastructure?
8. How will the great CO build up lead to the warming of the planet?
9. How has the earth changed since the industrial revolution?
10. What affect will a warmer climate have on the salmon?
11. How would dry summers affect power supplies in British Columbia?
12. In a few sentences explain the diagram “Effects of Climate Change on Forests and Forestry”.
13. How might climate change have a positive effect on British Columbia agriculture?
14. What would be classified as individual Greenhouse emissions? What would be classified as other Canadian Emissions?
The Winds of Change - Climate Change in Prairie Provinces
1. Describe the climate changes that have occurred on earth since the last major ice age 16, 000 years ago.
2. What are the three main energy-absorbing greenhouse gases? Give one example of human activity that creates each.
3. How will climate change affect the Prairie Rivers such as the Red River?
4. What was the hottest temperature ever recorded in Canada? When and where?
5. Explain the affect climate change can have on prairie forests.
6. Explain Canada’s contributions to global CO emissions.
7. Describe how a warmer climate would affect the Polar bear, and areas of permafrost, in northern Manitoba.
8. How can Prairie cities be prepared for climate change?
The Tides of Change - Climate Change in Atlantic Canada
1. What affect will climate change have on Atlantic Canada’s rivers?
2. In terms of agriculture, what are the positives and negatives of climate change?
3. Why have sea levels traditionally been rising in Atlantic Canada? What impact will climate change have on these current sea levels?
4. How does the Gulf Stream and Labrador Current affect the ocean surrounding Atlantic Canada?
5. Why is the area known as the Grand Banks so rich in fish
concentration?
6. What types of storm surges will Atlantic Canada see more of due to climate change?
7. In terms of sea ice and icebergs, what are the positives and negatives of climate change?
Weathering the Changes - Climate Change in Ontario
1. About 20,000 years ago, how much ice buried Toronto?
2. What is the impact of climate change on agriculture in Ontario?
3. Every litre of gas used in a vehicle produces how much carbon dioxide?
4. How much of the sun’s radiation is absorbed by the earth?
5. Who will be affected by a decrease in water levels? (be specific)
6. What is the greenhouse effect?
7. Why are forests likely to become more productive?
8. What is a GCM?
9. Explain the difference between climate and weather.
10. Why could we not survive on Venus? 11. What are some potential results of the climate change?
12. How will deer and polar bears be affected by climate change?
Degrees of Variation - Climate Change in Nunavut
1. Why has the accumulation of greenhouse gases recently become a problem?
2. What is a positive aspect of less ice in the North?
3. What are the expected changes in sea level as a result of climate change?
4. Describe the climate in Nunavut 200 years ago. 1000 years ago.
5. Explain the effect of climate change on vegetation.
6. What would happen to sea levels if the Greenland Ice Sheet melts?
7. Describe winter 2000 in Nunavut. How does that compare to the norm?
8. What is permafrost and how will climate change affect it?
9. How will climate change affect the polar bear?
10. What are the expected changes in sea level?
Taking the Chill Off? - Climate Change in the Yukon and Northwest Territories
1. Explain why the early breakup of sea ice affects seal pups.
2. Why does the climate change?
3. What is an ice road?
4. Explain the impact of climate change on the caribou.
5. How does permafrost affect the construction of buildings?
6. What and where is the tree line?
7. Explain the impact of climate change in Tuktoyaktuk.
8. How are the Northwest Territories and the Yukon responding to climate change?
A Change in the Wind — Climate Change in Quebec
1. What is climate change?
2.How would maple sugar production be affected by climate change?
3. What is “The Little Ice Age”?
4. How will a warmer climate affect the temperature of rivers?
5. How can people study climate variations over the past 10,000 years?
6.Will climate change affect all of the St Lawrence liver in the same manner? Why?
7. List two impacts on human health as a result of climate change.

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