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Copy of 2.11 Climate Change Formative Asynch (1/10/2025) 25-26

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Part 1: Climate Change Video

Watch the video below and answer the questions.

Question 1

00:29

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Question 2

00:53

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Question 3

01:34

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Question 4

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Question 5

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Part 2: Simulation

You will be playing Illuminate, a climate change simulation game.

Click here to open the game and select Run game.

Click Play.

Read through the directions by clicking on the blue arrows.

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Question 7

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Reflection: Were you able to stop global temperature from rising? Why did you choose the choices you did? What was easy or difficult about making these choices? Would you make the same choices again, and why or why not?

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Reflection: Were you able to help each community? Why did you choose the choices you did? What was easy or difficult about making these choices? Would you make the same choices again, and why or why not?

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Mission 1: Reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Select the choices below you made in your game.

When you submit this assignment, it will show that you got this question incorrect.  However, I will manually enter your points afterwards.

Design buildings that help save energy

Plant billions of trees and expand green spaces

Improve how farmers grow food

Put a price on carbon pollution

Build clean public transportation and electric vehicles

Replace coal and gas power plants with nuclear energy

Build renewable energy sources like solar and wind farms

Use technology to capture and store carbon

Mission 2: Coastal communities

Select the choices below you made in your game.

When you submit this assignment, it will show that you got this question incorrect.  However, I will manually enter your points afterwards.

Strengthen the coast

Change building rules

Move communities away from danger

Improve flood warning systems

Mission 2: Rural communities

Select the choices below you made in your game.

When you submit this assignment, it will show that you got this question incorrect.  However, I will manually enter your points afterwards.

Build water storage ponds

Expand field drains and ditches and equip them with drainage control

Plant different crops

Support new farming technologies

Mission 2: Urban communities

Select the choices below you made in your game.

When you submit this assignment, it will show that you got this question incorrect.  However, I will manually enter your points afterwards.

Build cooler buildings

Make our cities and towns greener

Protect and expand our urban trees

Expand heat wave emergency plans

What role does the ocean play in the carbon cycle?

It releases CO2 into the air

It absorbs CO2 from the air

It both absorbs and releases CO2

How does the greenhouse effect influence the climate on Earth?  (Select all that apply)

It traps heat from the sun

It prevents Earth from getting too hot

It prevents Earth from getting too cold

Which of the following energy sources uses fossil fuels?

Nuclear power plants

Coal power plants

Solar panels

Wind turbines

How much has CO2 increased in the atmosphere since 1750?

15%

20%

40%

65%

Melting ice causes Earth to warm even faster.

True; the ice would have reflected more sunlight away from Earth's surface, like a white t-shirt

False; melting ice decreases ocean temperature, causing global cooling