Year 11 - Geography
Changing attitudes to unsustainable energy consumption
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Unit Summary
This unit teaches pupils about different energy resources, their extraction and uses. Pupils learn about the different types of energy, the factors affecting extraction and the patterns and inequalites associated with production and consumption. Pupils also learn about energy futures.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to explain ways in which attitudes to unsustainable energy consumption are changing.
Key Notes
- A carbon footprint is the total greenhouse gas emissions caused directly and indirectly by an individual or activity.
- In some developed countries, there are changing attitudes to unsustainable energy consumption.
- Environmental concerns, economic interests and education are responsible for changing attitudes.
Vocabulary To Learn
- carbon footprint: the total amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere by an individual, product, process, country, etc
- ecological footprint: the impact of a person or community on the environment, expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their use of natural resources
- net zero: balancing the amount of greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere with the amount removed from it
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Carbon footprints and ecological footprints measure the same thing.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this geography topic using two clear key points.
A carbon footprint is the total greenhouse gas emissions caused directly and indirectly by an individual or activity. In some developed countries, there are changing attitudes to unsustainable energy consumption.
2. Define this geography term and use it in an example. 'carbon footprint'
the total amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere by an individual, product, process, country, etc.
3. Correct this common geography misunderstanding.
Mistake: Carbon footprints and ecological footprints measure the same thing. Correction: Although carbon footprints and ecological footprints both provide comparable measures of human impacts on the environment, carbon footprints measure greenhouse gas emissions while ecological footprints measure the total demand on Earth's resources.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Changing oil supply and prices Study Guide
- Classification of energy – non-renewable, renewable and recyclable Study Guide
- Costs and benefits to fossil fuel alternatives Study Guide
- Developing conventional oil/gas sources in sensitive or remote areas Study Guide
- Developing unconventional oil/gas sources in sensitive or remote areas Study Guide
- Distribution of oil reserves, factors affecting growth of oil consumption Study Guide
- Energy futures – contrasting views Study Guide
- Environmental impacts of energy extraction Study Guide
- Factors affecting access to energy resources Study Guide
- Global patterns of energy use and causes of variations Study Guide
- Reducing demand on fossil fuels Study Guide
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