1 - WebQuest 2
1. Fill in the definition here:
The total amount of greenhouse gases produced to directly and indirectly support human activities, usually expressed in equivalent tons of carbon dioxide (CO2).
2. Provide some examples (from the same website):
Amount of CO2 emitted by burning one liter of gasoline: 2.3 kg of CO2.
Driving a car for 6 km: this activity add 1 kg of CO2 to your personal footprint.
Creating 5 plastic bags: this activity add 1 kg of CO2 to your personal footprint.
Producing a cheeseburger: 3.1 kg of CO2.
3. Quiz results:
What is your carbon footprint weight? 114%
What is the target weight impact? 11,9 tonnes
What percentage was in: stuff 22%, travel 30%, food 16%,
home 32 %
“Plants and animals can adapt to climate change, right?”
4. When was the last time the Earth warmed up so fast? To see it, we have to go back millions of years to what's called the paleocene-eocene thermal maximum which happened about 55 million years ago.
5. What is the name of the current extinction event? We are in the middle of what scientist have termed the sixth extinction. Another name for this massive die-off is the antropocene extinction.
6. What will probably happen by 2050? If these trends of pollution continue, 90% of coral reefs could be gone by 2050.
7. About what proportion of mammal species could disappear by 2100? It´s estimated that between 30% to 50% of all species on earth could be extinct. That include 1/5 of mammal species.
8. Which type of plant would probably grow faster with more CO2, weeds or crops? Because warmer conditions, the weeds grow faster with more CO2 than the crops.
9. How many dollars has climate change cost us in wheat and maize losses per year since
1980? Since 1980 climate change has cost us five billion dollars a year.
The total amount of greenhouse gases produced to directly and indirectly support human activities, usually expressed in equivalent tons of carbon dioxide (CO2).
2. Provide some examples (from the same website):
Amount of CO2 emitted by burning one liter of gasoline: 2.3 kg of CO2.
Driving a car for 6 km: this activity add 1 kg of CO2 to your personal footprint.
Creating 5 plastic bags: this activity add 1 kg of CO2 to your personal footprint.
Producing a cheeseburger: 3.1 kg of CO2.
3. Quiz results:
What is your carbon footprint weight? 114%
What is the target weight impact? 11,9 tonnes
What percentage was in: stuff 22%, travel 30%, food 16%,
home 32 %
“Plants and animals can adapt to climate change, right?”
4. When was the last time the Earth warmed up so fast? To see it, we have to go back millions of years to what's called the paleocene-eocene thermal maximum which happened about 55 million years ago.
5. What is the name of the current extinction event? We are in the middle of what scientist have termed the sixth extinction. Another name for this massive die-off is the antropocene extinction.
6. What will probably happen by 2050? If these trends of pollution continue, 90% of coral reefs could be gone by 2050.
7. About what proportion of mammal species could disappear by 2100? It´s estimated that between 30% to 50% of all species on earth could be extinct. That include 1/5 of mammal species.
8. Which type of plant would probably grow faster with more CO2, weeds or crops? Because warmer conditions, the weeds grow faster with more CO2 than the crops.
9. How many dollars has climate change cost us in wheat and maize losses per year since
1980? Since 1980 climate change has cost us five billion dollars a year.
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