Here is my research template that I have been working for weeks. I hope you like it.
What category does your issue fall under?
Social Environmental Ethical
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What specifically is your issue (e.g. Global Warming, Pollution of NZ waterways, etc)
Global Warming
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Why is this issue important to you?
Because we care for the environment.
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Your Focusing Questions
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Resource 1 (first website, video, or source of info)
(Copy the website or video you use to get your information)
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Resource 2 (second website, video, or source of info)
(Copy the website or video you use to get your information)
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Resource 3 (third website, video, or source of info)
(Copy the website or video you use to get your information)
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Who/what does
_______(your issue)_________
affect?
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Here's a simple definition of global warming. (And yes, it's really happening.) Over the past 50 years, the average global temperature has increased at the fastest rate in recorded history. And experts see the trend is accelerating: All but one of the 16 hottest years in NASA’s 134-year record have occurred since 2000. Climate change deniers have argued that there has been a “pause” or a “slowdown” in rising global temperatures, but several recent studies, including a 2015 paper published in the journal Science, have disproved this claim. And scientists say that unless we curb global-warming emissions, average U.S. temperatures could increase by up to 10 degrees Fahrenheit over the next century.
Global warming occurs when carbon dioxide (CO2) and other air pollutants and greenhouse gases collect in the atmosphere and absorb sunlight and solar radiation that have bounced off the earth’s surface. Normally, this radiation would escape into space—but these pollutants, which can last for years to centuries in the atmosphere, trap the heat and cause the planet to get hotter. That's what's known as the greenhouse effect.
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Glaciers are melting, sea levels are rising, cloud forests are drying, and wildlife is scrambling to keep pace. It has become clear that humans have caused most of the past century's warming by releasing heat-trapping gases as we power our modern lives. Called greenhouse gases, their levels are higher now than at any time in the last 800,000 years. We often call the result of global warming, but it is causing a set of changes to the Earth's climate, or long-term weather patterns, that varies from place to place. While many people think of global warming and climate change as synonyms, scientists use “climate change” when describing the complex shifts now affecting our planet’s weather and climate systems—in part because some areas actually get cooler in the short term.
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Global warming is the long-term warming of the planet’s overall temperature. Though this warming trend has been going on for a long time, its pace has significantly increased in the last hundred years due to the burning of fossil fuels. As the human population has increased, so has the volume of fossil fuels burned. Fossil fuels include coal, oil, and natural gas, and burning them causes what is known as the “greenhouse effect” in Earth’s atmosphere. The greenhouse effect is when the Sun’s rays penetrate the atmosphere, but when that heat is reflected off the surface cannot escape back into space. Gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels prevent the heat from leaving the atmosphere. These greenhouse gasses are carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, water vapor, methane, and nitrous oxide. The excess heat in the atmosphere has caused the average global temperature to rise over time, otherwise known as global warming.
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Question 1
(you need to use your own question here, use the matrix below to give you a starting idea)
What causes Global Warming?
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When carbon dioxide and air pollutants and greenhouse gases gather in the atmosphere and recieve sunlight and solar radiation that has bounded off the earth’s surface.
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Releasing heat-trapped gases, which is called Greenhouse gases.
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Because of Fossil fuels which include coal, oil, and natural gas, and burning them causes what is known as the “greenhouse effect” in Earth’s atmosphere.
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Question 2
(you need to use your own question here, use the matrix below to give you a starting idea)
Why is the temperature increasing?
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Because of the heat which is trapped in the atmosphere. Which can last for centuries. It is called the Greenhouse effect.
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Because of Greenhouse gases which is in our atmosphere.
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Because of Fossil fuel which includes coal, oil, and natural gas which is burned and reaching our atmosphere. It is called the Greenhouse effect.
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Question 3
(you need to use your own question here, use the matrix below to give you a starting idea)
How does Greenhouse effect?
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Greenhouse gases collect in the atmosphere and absorb sunlight and solar radiation that is bounced off the Earth’s surface.
Usually, this should escape from space, but its pollutants, which last for many centuries in the atmosphere, which traps the heat in the atmosphere which makes our planet more hotter.
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The Greenhouse gases level is increasing higher in the last 800,000 years. This is called Global Warming.
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The Greenhouse gases is produced by burning fossil fuels which stop the heat from leaving the atmosphere.
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Use the question matrix to think about what questions you might research. Think about what questions will give you the most relevant information to your issue.
