Highlands Middle School Blog: 6th Grade- Climate Change Assignment

Using the following links from the United States EPA and NOAA Satellite and Information Service, answer the following questions:

1.) What is global warming or climate change?
2.) Has there been a time of climate change before? Describe that period of change if the answer is yes.
3.) What causes climate change?
4.) What is the greenhouse effect?
5.) What is man’s impact on climate change?
6.) How is the water cycle changing?
7.) What natural changes may be occurring from the sun’s release of energy?

Please answer in complete sentences and use both web sites to confirm your best answers.

US Wheat Outlook: Slightly Up On Rebound, Short-Covering

Frost or freezing conditions are possible in La Pampa, southern and eastern Buenos Aires either during the weekend or early next week, Meteorlogix said. Any flowering wheat would be at risk of damage should temperatures fall to 30 degrees Fahrenheit for one or two hours, according to the private weather firm.

In Australia, New South Wales and Queensland should see beneficial rains during the weekend, Meteorlogix said. Cold weather is expected later this weekend and early next week, with a frost likely and a freeze possible in Victoria, southeastern South Australia and extreme south New South Wales, the firm said.