Grade 9 Geography

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Grade 9 Geography Unit 1 State of the World
Global Warming
Themes of Geography Causes Common Mistakes Definitions Did You Know
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Physical features, traditions of people and/or
climate
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What is Place?
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Transportation methods, imports and exports,
Internet and push and pull.
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What is Movement?
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Kingston is 42.3ON and 77.6OW
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What is Location?
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Political divisions, tribal divisions,
languages, number of religions or vegetation
zones.
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What is Region?
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Global Warming, flood damage and Ozone Depletion
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What is Human-Environment Interactions?
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CO2, CH4 and NOX
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What are Greenhouse Gases?
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The layers of gas surrounding the Earth
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What is the atmosphere?
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Without this, the Earth would be 33OC colder
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What is the Greenhouse Effect?
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From atmosphere to terrestrial to within ground
or ocean and back to atmosphere.
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What is the Carbon Cycle?
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When this is done to fossil fuels such as coal,
oil and gas, the by-product or waste is carbon
dioxide.
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What is combustion (or burning)?
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CFCs reacting with O3.
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What is depletion of the ozone layer?
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The ongoing, long-term changes in climate,
including average temperature and precipitation,
as well as changes in the seasonal or geographic
variability of temperature and precipitation.
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What is Climate Change?
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Many people think incorrectly that it is the most
common element in Earths atmosphere.
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What is oxygen?
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Many people incorrectly believe it is only caused
by humans.
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What is Global Warming?
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Many people think incorrectly that this effect is
entirely anthropogenic (i.e., made by humans)
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What is the Greenhouse Effect?
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To be maintained at a certain level indefinitely
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What is sustainability?
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The natural ability of trees, other plants and
the soil to soak up carbon dioxide and
temporarily store the carbon in wood, roots,
leaves and the soil.
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What is a Carbon Sink?
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The average pattern of weather for a particular
region.
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What is climate?
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Oil, coal and natural gas that originates from
decayed plants and animals.
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What are Fossil Fuels?
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A resource such as water that can beused
continuously without being completely depleted
because it regenerates itself within a useful
amount of time.
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What is a Renewable Resource?
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The percent of the total energy consumed in a
washing machine to heat the water?
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What is 92?
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The average household water consumption by one
person in Canada each day?
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What is 300 L?
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The amount of CO2 in weight a car emits each
year.
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What is 3X the weight of the car?
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The percent reduction in present global CO2
emissions needed to stabilize atmospheric CO2
concentrations at current levels?
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What is between 50 and 60?
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5.2 below 1990 levels by 2010
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What is the Kyoto Protocol average annual
emissions target?