Impacts of climate change on people and health
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Define a health hazard.
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Something in the environment that can cause illness, injury or death.
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Name the direct heat-related health hazard of climate change.
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**Heat stress** -- heatstroke, dehydration and heart strain, worst in heatwaves.
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Why does warming spread vector-borne disease?
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Warmth lets mosquitoes and other vectors survive in new, once-cooler areas, spreading malaria and dengue.
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How does climate change affect water and food safety?
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Heat speeds bacterial growth (dirtier water) and droughts cut harvests, raising disease and malnutrition.
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Give two DISTINCT climate-change health hazards.
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Heat illness, and the spread of infectious disease (also water/food insecurity, mental health).
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Define a climate migrant.
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A person forced to move because climate change makes their home unlivable.
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Which groups suffer most from climate-health hazards?
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The elderly, the very young, the sick and the poor.
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Why is climate change rarely the single cause of migration?
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It usually acts **alongside** poverty, jobs and conflict, not on its own.
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How do you answer a 'to what extent' migration essay?
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Weigh climate change FOR/AGAINST other drivers with named examples, then give a justified judgement.
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Command term Outline vs Explain?
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**Outline** = state the feature briefly; **Explain** = give the mechanism / chain of cause and effect.
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