I-3 Observable Changes (Lesson 3)
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In this lesson participants will come to
understand how change is occurring worldwide because of our
actions and be able to provide concrete examples of what climate
change looks like. These observations include:
- evidence of melting alpine glaciers
- changes in the seas in the form of
Arctic sea ice loss, and
- a warming ocean, rising sea level, and
in addition, progressive acidification of the ocean, a
serious side-effect of carbon dioxide addition to the
atmosphere
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LESSON 3
(lesson takes about 16 minutes)
I-3 ASSIGNMENT (worth 10 pts)
-- Write two paragraphs to answer the questions below (one
paragaph for each question)
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Dropbox Deadline is: Friday
Nov 9th @
before midnight (11:59 pm) "Official"
due date . . .
. . . but there will not be a penalty as long as you get it in by 11:59 pm
on Monday Nov 12th.
QUESTION
1:
This lesson covers several observable changes
that show the Earth is warming, including how this warming
contributes to the processes that lead lead to SEA LEVEL
RISE.
From the following list,
select the process
OR processes that contribute to SEA
LEVEL RISE and explain exactly
how the rise in sea level is
produced by the process(es) you have selected.
(HINT: you should be
selecting more than one process
from the list.)
(a) melting of alpine and
continental glaciers
(b) melting of sea ice
(c) increase in heat content of the ocean
(d) ice-albedo feedback
QUESTION 2:
(see "Stella's example"
given in LESSON 2 to give
you an idea of how to answer this tupe of question.)
Describe and explain
something new that you learned from the LESSON 3 Tutorial that
YOU think is the
most important insight that
LESSON 3
reveals about global climate change.
In your paragraph
. . . .
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Accurately describe
the global change
processes
involved in this insight.
Add any additional information you may have learned that
relates to the process to show you are making connections.
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Include a
quote from Lesson
3 that is related to this insight
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Explain
why you think this is such an important insight
about global change
