Impacts of climate change on the UK
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can understand the impacts of climate change on the UK.
Key learning points
- Extreme weather events are becoming increasingly common due to climate change.
- Climate change effects include higher temperatures in summer, fewer cold spells in winter and an increase in heavy rain.
- Extreme weather events have social, economic and environmental effects.
Keywords
Impact - to have an effect on someone or something
Extreme weather - a severe weather event or any weather that is significantly different from the average
Climate change - large-scale and long-term change in the planet’s climate, including weather patterns and average temperature
Common misconception
Climate change simply means hotter, drier summers in the UK.
Warmer temperatures in summer and fewer cold spells in winter are due to climate change. There is also some evidence that the UK is also experiencing more heavy rain events.
Teacher tip
Refer to scale in this lesson as impacts can vary depending on scale.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1. is the average weather and its variability over a period of time, ranging from months to millions of years.
Q2. describes the day-to-day condition of the atmosphere.
Q3.In general, the UK has a _________ climate.
Q4.What is climate change?
Q5.Which of these could be an example of extreme weather?
Q6.Which of these human activities release greenhouse gases?
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1. weather is a severe weather event or any weather significantly different from the average.
Q2.Which of these is an expected impact of climate change in the UK?
Q3.How can impacts be categorised?
education and healthcare
money and infrastructure
landscape
Q4.What extreme weather event happened in the UK in July 2022?
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