Climate Change-Global Warming

Climate Change

What is the Greenhouse Effect?Greenhouse gases reflect gases back onto the earth and then reheats the earth back up. 

Effects of Global Warming-

• The effects of global warming have an average increase in temperatures/extreme temperatures
• Extreme weather events
• The melting of Ice
• The pollution in sea levels and the ocean acidification
• The deaths of animals and different types of species
• Social effects 

Here are the statistics on sea levels-

-The rising of sea levels.

-The meltings of glaciers have a 20% contribution to the rising of the sea 

-Greenland's ice sheet has contributed with percentage of 25%

-The Antarctic ice sheet has a contribution of 11%

-Our land water storage has a contribution of 10%

-The ocean thermal expansion has a contribution of 30%

What is the solution to climate change?

Some solutions could be-

-Exterminating the burnings of fossil fuels

-Irrigation demands

-Fertiliser use

-Size of land available for food crops

-Cost of food for human consumption

-Pesticide use

-Deforestation required to make space for crops

-Renewable form of energy 

My Poster/Document on the Act of Union/Treaty between England and Scotland.

Climate change.

Greta Thunberg

My perspective on Greta Thunberg is that I think she had a point and she is trying to get her point across the globe, I feel that her point was mainly aimed at highly praised people/powerful people/adults. It was very appropriate to approach her statement like that, so people know how much this affects her, mentally and economically. I feel that she wants people to know how she feels about climate changes and how they're affecting the human race and lifespan of everything.

'Hysterical' Thunberg

I think that the adult's reactions were very unnecessary and unkind to how they shared their emotions, I feel that they could've given their point of view in a different approach and that it wasn't necessary to make a mockery of a 16-year-old who's trying to change the world, and make a change to the climate. I feel that the ones that looked immature were the ones that gave a disrespectful statement and some that even made advertisements on her "stupidity".

What does the presenter suggest?

 I feel that the presenter was in the both for agreeing and disagreeing, I feel that he understood her points and agreed, but I also feel he was thinking it was maybe a little over the top, but he understood that she should be learning rather than being afraid of her future and what might happen.

How are the children constructed?

They are shown to be the victims of climate change, and that adults are depending too much on them, they are portrayed to be something they're not. They are too young to be worrying about their future. They are the victims of something big yet to come which could be changed or happen tragically.

What is the viewer's position?

They can either agree or disagree.

Gender Perspectives

In English, my class has been learning about the differences between women and men and how each gender is perceived in most common music videos. Watching these videos mean, I have come to an understanding that males that sing and do music videos, they mostly have women wearing revealing clothes and could be seductively dancing. This shows how most men see women and how they think women should be, sometimes it is even said in the lyrics. When females sing they either show men seductively dancing and being flirtatious or they perceive men as being weaker than females.

Extracting DNA from a kiwifruit

What was the aim of this experiment?
The aim of this experiment was to extract kiwi fruit deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).

What method and equipment did we use?
The equipment we used were, spatula, dishwashing liquid, ethanol, funnel, cloth, water, beaker, salt, bag & a kiwifruit.

-We got the equipment
-Cut a kiwifruit in half
-Take the kiwifruit out of the skin and put it into a zip lock bag
-Add 25ml of water and a pinch of salt
-Mush until it becomes a thick soup-like

(image taken from google)

The Rock Cycle

The Rock Cycle.

In class, we have been learning about the rock cycle and what type of rocks there are and how they have formed over time. We have also learned where you can find these rocks.

Here is a photo of my map on the Earth's plates and where the lines are.