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Quiz/Review. Get out a small piece of paper and put your name on it. When the bell rings, the quiz will begin. Question 1. Where do landslides occur most often?. Question 2. What can be done to lessen a likely landslide?. Question 3. What can be done to prevent floods?. Answers.

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  1. Quiz/Review • Get out a small piece of paper and put your name on it. • When the bell rings, the quiz will begin.

  2. Question 1 • Where do landslides occur most often?

  3. Question 2 • What can be done to lessen a likely landslide?

  4. Question 3 • What can be done to prevent floods?

  5. Answers • Steep slopes after rain. • Build walls, decrease the slope, control the water flow. • Low elevations like near water; lakes, rivers and the oceans.

  6. Climate changes affects of society Glaciers and the atmosphere

  7. Location • The whole world will be confronted with issues with climate at some point.

  8. Risks • Changing temperatures • Unhealthy air to breathe • Change in sea levels • Change in storm seasons • Less fresh water • Less diversity in life

  9. Prevention • Even though there are many different views on the causes of climate change there are many sources proving its occurrence. • Possible sources: • Humans (emissions from cars and burning organics) • Increased volcanism • Over population • Solar Activity

  10. Humans • Many make a correlation to the over population of humans and the increased emissions into the atmosphere.

  11. Volcanism • When a volcano erupts it send gasses into the atmosphere.

  12. Predictions • If the worlds climates continue at the same rate as now: • Massing flooding in coastal cities. • Increase in hurricanes and other storms • Some areas will become colder most on average more extreme weather. • Irreversible damage. • Animals habitats will change. • Crop failures.

  13. Major past events • Evidence suggests other events caused by tilting of the earth had changed. • Plate tectonics may have affected currents. • No ice caps and temperature was 6-8 degrees higher.

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