An inconvenient truth -Spain- (Sweden meeting 2013)

AN INCONVENIENT

TRUTH IES ANDRÉS DE VANDELVIRA

ALBACETE –SPAIN-

Good Environmental Educational Practices Exchange

CLIMATE CHANGE Climate change is the biggest enviromental, social problem that humanity faces nowadays. Their consequences affects people’s way of life and it will change many ecosystems. The fight against it is a challenge that everybody should face by means of a proper enviromental education both at home and at school.

GREENHOUSE EFFECT:

1) Solar radiation in the form of light waves passes through the

atmosphere.

2) Most of this radiation is absorbed by the Earth and warms it.

3) Some energy is radiated back into space by the Earth in the

form of infrared waves.

4) Some of this outgoing infrared radiation is trapped by the Earth’s

atmosphere and warms it.

Watch the image (minute 8 – 11 in the film) and put the sentences in right order

Which are the main gases responsible for

the greenhouse effect?

CLIMATE CHANGE ISN’T THE SAME

THAT GREENHOUSE EFFECT