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What is Climate Change? Crash Course Climate & Energy #1 (12:51)

Key Ideas

As this video progresses, key ideas will be introduced to invoke discussion.

Key Ideas

Think about the following questions as you watch the video


  1. 03:13 What contribution did Eunice Foote make to understanding climate change?
  2. 04:55 What is the greenhouse effect?
  3. 09:40 What has changed about Earth’s average temperature in the last 200 years? Why has this changed?
  4. 10:32 What’s the difference between weather and climate?
  5. 11:35 What are some impacts of climate change mentioned in this video?