Activities 4 to 6: The inconvenient truth
Activity summary
What you must remember:- vocabulary associated
with air and water pollution
Skills linked to the curriculum:
| Compétences | Capacités à maîtriser |
|---|---|
| APP ANA COM |
Citer des implications de la chimie dans des
études menées sur l’environnement ou des actions visant à le préserver |
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This activity is based on the movie « The Inconvenient Truth » which should be purchased on DVD or downloaded through legal means.
Activity 4: The Inconvenient truth
Part 1: Website
Visit the website: http://an-inconvenient-truth.com
Al Gore, ex vice president of the United States, presenting his slide show in the documentary The Inconvenient Truth
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org
1. In your opinion, what does the movie « The Inconvenient Truth » deal with ?
2. In the section, « what you can do », find some ideas of things we can do in our every life in order to preserve the environment.
Part 2: Vocabulary test
3. Suggest a meaning for the following words:
| English | French |
|---|---|
| Global warming | |
| Greenhouse gases | |
| To trap | |
| To thicken | |
| A trend | |
| To fluctuate | |
| To behave as though it were… | |
| According to… | |
| To be receding | |
| To be retreating | |
| The amount of CO2 | |
| A link | |
| An ice shelf | |
| The thickness | |
| A phenomenon | |
| To be abundant | |
| A virus carrier | |
| Land based melting ice | |
| Sea rise | |
| To evolve |
Activity 5: The Inconvenient truth, the movie (Part 1)
Watch the movie
Watch the movie starting at 9’00 and answer the questions as you go along.
9’00-10’00
1.a. What is the basic science about global warming?
10’00-11’36
1.b. What is the basic science about global warming?
12’00-14’00
Research results.
14’00-15’00
2. What is the trend that is being followed by CO2 concentration in the atmosphere? Why does the amount of CO2 fluctuate each year?
16’25-
3. What is the effect of global warming on the planet (according to this part of the movie)?
18’30-
4. How do you measure the amount of CO2 and temperature for each year?
20’30-
5. What is the trend that is being followed by CO2 level in the atmosphere? What is the link between the temperature curve on earth and the CO2 concentration?
Activity 6: The Inconvenient truth, the movie (Part 2)
Watch the movie
Watch the movie starting at 22’35 and answer the questions as you go along.
22'35-24'50
1. In the past thousand years what has the maximum amount of CO2 been?
2. What is it now? What will it be in the next 50 years if nothing is done?
37’00-39’00
3. How does this affect our climate?
44’00-
4. What is the effect on the thickness of the sea ice shelf? What is the phenomenon observed?
Sea ice in Nunavut
Sea ice, shown here in Nunavut in northern Canada, reflects more sunshine, while open ocean absorbs more, accelerating melting.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/
51’30-
5. What will be the effects on insects?
55’00-
6. What is the effect on the ice shelf (study of the Larsen ice shelf in Alaska)?
56’40-
7. What is the effect on sea level of a melting floating iceberg and of land based melting ice (glacier)? Explain using a diagram.
Average glacier thickness change
Sparse records indicate that glaciers have been retreating since the early 1800s.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/
59’20-
8. If half of Greenland and half of West Antartic were to melt, what would happen?
1hr03’40’’-1hr09’40’’
9. Why are we in this century putting recent pressure on the Earth?
1hr07’57’’-
10. What are the contributions to global warming around the world?
1hr08’36”-
11. Why does Al Gore compare us all to frogs?
1hr30’-1hr33’
12. What can we do to protect the Earth?
Modifié le: mardi 17 décembre 2019, 11:09