Embedded Files
Applications and Skills
Applications and Skills
Here is a reminder of the applications and skills (these are also on the sub-topic pages). These give examples of the kind of question you can expect to be asked about topic 7.
Activity 1: Use the board pens to brainstorm keywords you could use to answer the applications and skills questions below.
Applications and Skills
- Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of different energy sources.
- Discuss the factors that affect the choice of energy sources adopted by different societies.
- Discuss the factors that affect energy security.
- Evaluate the energy strategy of a given society.
- Discuss the feedback mechanisms that would be associated with a change in mean global temperature.
- Evaluate contrasting viewpoints on the issue of climate change.
- Discuss mitigation and adaptation strategies to deal with impacts of climate change.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of international climate change talks.
Using Scientific Language
Using Scientific Language
A good exam answer uses lots of scientific language from the ESS course. I cannot emphasise enough how important this is.
Here are two Quizlet sets to help you with this - spend some time learning the keyword set.
In the exam: make a game of trying to use as many of the words as you can in an exam.
All topics
All topics
Topic 7
Topic 7
Practice Questions
Practice Questions
Note that:
- these come from the old syllabus. If you meet an unfamiliar concept, check the syllabus or ask me if it's in the new one (almost everything is)
- copyright rules mean that in some questions (especially the early ones!) an image is missing. Most questions work without the image - just skip those that don't.
- Answers are available, but only answer you attempt the questions.
Report abuse