Year 10 - Geography
Managing climate change – adaptation
Climate change
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Unit Summary
This unit teaches pupils about the evidence, causes and impacts of climate change. Pupils learn that climate change is not just a recent trend but that it has occurred natuarlly over geological time. Pupils will also learn about the strategic options associated with mitigation and adaptation.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to understand how climate change can be managed through adaptation strategies.
Key Notes
- Managing climate change can involve adaptation strategies.
- Adaptation strategies include change in agricultural systems and managing water supply.
- Adaptation involves reducing risk from rising sea levels.
Vocabulary To Learn
- irrigation: a method of supplying water to crops to help them grow
- desalination: the process of removing salt from seawater to make it suitable for drinking and irrigation
- coastal defences: structures built to protect land from the sea, e.g. sea walls
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- All adaptation strategies are expensive and complex.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this geography topic using two clear key points.
Managing climate change can involve adaptation strategies. Adaptation strategies include change in agricultural systems and managing water supply.
2. Define this geography term and use it in an example. 'irrigation'
a method of supplying water to crops to help them grow.
3. Correct this common geography misunderstanding.
Mistake: All adaptation strategies are expensive and complex. Correction: Some adaptation strategies are cost-effective and simple, such as rainwater harvesting and crop rotation.
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