Unit 9: Option C — Extreme Environments
Topic 9.4: Extreme environments' futures Questions
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Solar power suits hot, arid environments mainly because they have…
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The three pillars of sustainable development are…
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An adaptation that helps Andean farmers cope with glacier melt is…
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Permafrost is best described as…
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A warmer climate affects glaciers in a mountain area by…
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Mountain glaciers are retreating in many high environments. Outline one way this harms a nearby community and explain how it does so.
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The table below shows climate-change impacts on four extreme environments and a response used in each.
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Examine both the opportunities and the challenges of using new technologies to develop extreme environments sustainably.
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Explain two distinct ways that a warmer climate alters where ice is found in a glaciated mountain area, developing each effect.
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For two different new technologies, explain how each could support the sustainable development of communities in extreme environments.
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Thawing permafrost is changing high-latitude environments. Suggest three different ways this could affect the local people who live there.
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Explain two distinct ways in which solar power can support the sustainable development of communities living in hot, arid areas.
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Explain two ways that communities in hot, arid environments can adapt to the spread of desertification under climate change.
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Examine how difficult it is for communities in hot, arid environments to manage the impacts that global climate change brings.
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Indigenous groups live in many extreme environments. Suggest two opportunities and one challenge that climate change creates for them.
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