• Prior learning – There are 3 kinds of rock – sedimentary, metamorphic and Igneous – Igneous rocks form crystals depending on the length of time it takes them to cool down - Theory of continental drift - Rock cycle • Key words – Photosynthesis, respiration, decomposition, decomposers, decay, carbon, cycle, fossil fuels, combustion, greenhouse effect, climate change, Unit 11 – Science and Humanity October Title: Task 5: Changes that occur during the carbon cycle and the effects on climate change.
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• Prior learning– There are 3 kinds of rock – sedimentary, metamorphic and Igneous– Igneous rocks form crystals depending on the length of time it
takes them to cool down- Theory of continental drift- Rock cycle
Title: Task 5: Changes that occur during the carbon cycle and the effects on climate
change.
IAM LEARNING:Describe the long-term changes that have occurred in
our universe to our solar system and earth
I WILL BE SUCCESSFUL IS I CAN:• Identify the changes of the carbon cycle• Understand what the combustion of fossil fuels are• Explain the greenhouse effect• Explain the theory behind climate change
I CAN:• Complete the stages in the carbon cycle• Explain how the combustion of fossil fuels impacts
on the carbon cycle and how this in turn impacts on the greenhouse effect
• Explain the link between climate change and fuel consumption and identify any governmental measures that are or are planned to be put in place to reduce the effects
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• I’m a viscous semi-solid withconvection currents circulating in me.
• I’m iron and nickel too, but I’m liquid.
• I just hang around on the outside.
• I’m really very thin and am mostlysilicon, oxygen and aluminium.
• I am dense, very hot, made mostly ofsolid iron and nickel.
Inner core
Outer core
Atmosphere
Crust
Mantle
STARTER: What am I?
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• The Earth was formed about 4,500 million years ago.
• During the first billion years there was intense volcanic activity, which produced the early atmosphere. This would have contained large quantities of carbon dioxide (CO2) and water vapour. Methane (CH4) and ammonia (NH3) are thought to have also been present.
• This is rather like the atmosphere on Mars and Venus today.
• The water vapour condensed to form the oceans.
Mars
Venus
The early atmosphere
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• Carbon dioxide reacted with rocks and much became trapped in them.
• The evolution of algae some 3,000 million years ago, and subsequently plants which successfully colonized the Earth’s surface, led us towards the present atmosphere.
• Their photosynthesis replaced carbon dioxide with oxygen.
• Over a period of time, billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide became locked up in fossil fuels.
Earth
Photosynthesis increased
oxygen levels
Oxygen levels increase
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• As oxygen levels rose, atmospheric ammonia (NH3) reacted with oxygen(O2) to form water (H2O) and nitrogen (N2).
• Also, living organisms, including denitrifying bacteria, broke down nitrogen compounds releasing more nitrogen into the atmosphere.
• And so the atmosphere headed towards a composition that has remained fairly constant for the last 200 million years.
Nitrogen appears
78%
21% 1%
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Other
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Copy the timeline and arrange the blue boxes in appropriate places along the line.
4,500 million
Now3,000 million
2,000 million
1,000 million
500 million
200 million
No gases
H2 and He
CO2 NH3 CH4
H2O N2 O2
Volcanoes
Algae
Plants
Atmosphere timeline
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All positions are approximate
4,500 million
Now3,000 million
2,000 million
1,000 million
500 million
200 million
No gases
H2 and He
Volcanoes Algae Plants
CO2 NH3 CH4
O2 N2 H2O
Atmosphere Timeline
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Use the graph to estimate the answers.
1. How long ago was the atmosphere 75% CO2?
2. How long ago were the CO2 and N2 levels in the atmosphere equal?
3. How long ago was the atmosphere 50% nitrogen?
carbondioxide
nitrogen
oxygen
100%
50%
0%5,000 3,000 0
Com
posi
tion
perc
enta
ge
Time (millions of years)
now
Approx 4,000M
Approx 3,300M
Approx 2,000M
PLENARY: Changing gas levels
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IAM LEARNING:Describe the long-term changes that have occurred in
our universe to our solar system and earth
I WILL BE SUCCESSFUL IS I CAN:• Identify the changes of the carbon cycle• Understand what the combustion of fossil fuels are• Explain the greenhouse effect• Explain the theory behind climate change
I CAN:• Complete the stages in the carbon cycle• Explain how the combustion of fossil fuels impacts
on the carbon cycle and how this in turn impacts on the greenhouse effect
• Explain the link between climate change and fuel consumption and identify any governmental measures that are or are planned to be put in place to reduce the effects
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• Oxygen normally exists as pairs of atoms (O2).
• Oxygen can, however, turn into another form that has three atoms joined together. This is ozone (O3).
• As oxygen levels rose, so did the amount of ozone.
• This layer of ozone in the atmosphere filters out harmful ultraviolet rays from the sun. This will have allowed new organisms to evolve and survive.
3O2 2O3
oxygen ozone
Earth
Harmful UV rays stopped
with ozone layer
Harmful UV rays reach Earth’s surface
without ozone layer
Ozone: a vital filter
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The carbon cycle
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CO2 release or consumption?
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Over millions of years the carbon cycle has maintained a constant, low percentage (approx. 0.03%) of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
In 1860, the CO2 level was about 289 ppm (parts per million).
Here is a table showing the CO2 levels over a recent 10-year period.