what you need to know: what is global warming?
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Is Nuclear Power the Answer?. What you need to know: What is Global Warming? How do our energy choices affect the environment? What are the advantages and disadvantages of Nuclear Power?. Questions: Are you in favour of nuclear power? Why? 2. Why is global warming a bad thing?. . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
What you need to know:
What is Global Warming?
How do our energy choices affect the environment?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of Nuclear Power?
Is Nuclear Power the Answer?
Questions:1. Are you in favour of nuclear power? Why?
2. Why is global warming a bad thing?
Carbon dioxide traps heat energy in the atmosphere
The more CO2 there is in the atmosphere, the warmer the atmosphere gets
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Burning fossil fuels increases the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere
Nuclear fuel does not produce any CO2
Biofuels do not add any more CO2 to the atmosphere...
... because they are made from plants, which remove CO2 from the atmosphere as they photosynthesise
But, growing biofuels uses up land
which could be used to grow food
To Do:
Read through the Yes Please? No Thanks? worksheet
Cut up the sheet and rearrange into two lists:
points in favour, and...
points against nuclear power