Introduction
Module 1 "Climate Science Basics"
is the first module of a
short-course series titled Climate Insights 101
that has been developed by the Pacific Insititue for Climate
Solutions. (Note that this institue is located in British
Columbia, Canada and occasionally the tutorial will refer
to locations in "BC" to illustrate a point.)
To begin . . . View the
INTRODUCTION. <=== click here and
go through items 10-17 in the Introduction
before moving on to I-1 (Lesson
1) below. (If you like, feel free to go through the
entire Introduction to learn more about the people who developed
this module.)
I-1 Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse
Effect (Lesson 1)
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By the end of this lesson, participants will
be able to:
- explain the greenhouse effect and its
global impact
- name and describe the relative
importance of each of the major greenhouse gases
- describe how “water vapour feedback”
impacts global warming, and
- explain the difference between incoming
solar and outgoing infrared radiation
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Click here to take:
LESSON 1
(lesson takes about 25 minutes)
1-1
ASSIGNMENT
(worth 5 pts)
--- Write a paragraph that answers the question below
--- Save your document in any one of the following formats:
PDF,
doc
or
docx
--- Submit your document to the I-1 Dropbox
in
D2L before the deadline
Dropbox Deadline is: Mon Oct
22 @ before midnight (11:59 pm)
QUESTION:
We’ve covered a lot of the material in Lesson 1 already
in this class, but there are a few new
things in the lesson
that expand upon some of
our class material, or address aspects we haven’t discussed.
Describe and explain one
new idea, fact or concept
that was covered in
either the Introduction
or Lesson 1 that you
didn’t know before, were
unclear about, or which gave you a new or deeper insight about
something you already knew.
In your answer . . . .
·
Accurately
describe what you learned
·
Include a quote from the lesson that is related to this insight
Hint: To transcribe a quote, click on the NOTES
button to see the script for a slide:
·
Explain
how this idea, fact or concept is
important for
understanding
global
change
