an increase in Earth’s average surface temperature

gases in the atmosphere that keep it warmer than it would be without them

releases of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere

the calculated total amount of greenhouse gases emitted by an activity

Climate change and food production

Science

Agriculture and habitat loss

Deforestation affects the carbon and water cycles

Impacts of climate change on biodiversity

Advantages and disadvantages of plastic food packaging

Pupils will learn about biomass transfer including calculating the efficiency of transfers between trophic levels. They will learn about human impacts on the environment, food security and biotechnology to help maintain biodiversity and achieve food security.

In the Climate change and greenhouse gases unit, pupils learnt about greenhouse gas emissions from transport and industry, and the use of renewable energy resources and changes to transport infrastructure that could reduce emissions.

In this unit pupils learn about the impact of agriculture and deforestation on biodiversity, and to more thoroughly consider the effects of climate change on biodiversity and food production.

Climate change and biodiversity

True or false? Rearing cows for food does not cause any emissions of greenhouse gases.

According to the bar chart, which food has the greatest carbon footprint?

According to the bar chart, which animal product has the largest carbon footprint?

According to the bar chart, which of these animal based foods generates the lowest amount of emissions?

Which meal is likely to have the lowest carbon footprint of emissions and therefore be the best choice to help limit climate change?

it has the longest bar so has the largest carbon footprint

not all food types are shown on the bar chart

True or false? We can conclude that chocolate has the largest carbon footprint.

Greenhouse gases are gases in the atmosphere that keep Earth {{}} than it would be without them.

… an increase in Earth’s core temperature.

… an increase in Earth’s average surface temperature.

… an increase in Earth’s surface temperature everywhere.

… emissions of greenhouse gases from the Earth itself.

Most scientists agree that recent rapid climate change and global warming are being caused by …

Different stages of producing food cause different amounts of emissions of greenhouse gases. The **total** amount of emissions for each food is called its carbon {{}}.

Put the stages of producing beef into order starting with the largest to the smallest amount of emissions.

Climate change and food production

Lesson outcome