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Year 8 - Geography

Climate change and Nigeria

Nigeria: An African superpower?

Unit Summary

This unit teaches pupils about how the physical and human geography of Nigeria has led to its current status within the African continent. Pupils will learn about how people and places differ within Nigeria and how this affects development patterns across the country.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to describe climate change impacts in Nigeria, list some ways in which the country is adapting, and explain what climate justice means.

Key Notes

  • Lagos is threatened by flooding and sea level rise.
  • The north of Nigeria faces desertification due to drought.
  • Farmers face changing rainfall and lower crop yields.
  • Climate justice is about understanding that some people and countries are impacted by climate change more than others.
  • Climate justice advocates for global action to support countries, such as Nigeria, to adapt to climate change impacts.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • climate change: large-scale and long-term change in the planet's climate, including weather patterns and average temperatures
  • subsistence farming: farming that provides enough food for the farmer and their family to live on, rather than for them to sell
  • desertification: the process by which semi-arid land becomes drier and turns into desert
  • greenhouse gases: gases in Earth's atmosphere that trap heat

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Everyone in Nigeria is impacted by climate change equally.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain this geography topic using two clear key points.

Lagos is threatened by flooding and sea level rise. The north of Nigeria faces desertification due to drought.

2. Define this geography term and use it in an example. 'climate change'

large-scale and long-term change in the planet's climate, including weather patterns and average temperatures.

3. Correct this common geography misunderstanding.

Mistake: Everyone in Nigeria is impacted by climate change equally. Correction: Some people in Nigeria are impacted by climate change more than than others. Many different overlapping factors make some people more vulnerable to climate change impacts than others.

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