Grade 7 · Social Studies · Unit 5 of 5
Climate Change & Sustainability
Causes, effects and what can be done
What your child practises
Children learn what causes climate change, how it affects people and places including Manitoba, and what governments and individuals can do to live more sustainably.
Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: 7-KL-026, 7-KL-027, 7-KP-044, 7-KE-053, 7-KE-054, 7-VL-009, 7-VE-017, 7-S-103 · causes and consequences of climate change, sustainable development, and environmental stewardship
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Which way of travelling makes the fewest greenhouse gases per person?
- driving alone
- idling a truck
- flying
- walking or cycling
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walking or cycling
Hint: Human-powered travel produces none.
Question 2
Drought can harm prairie farmers by…
- reducing crop yields
- making fields wetter
- growing more rain
- increasing yields every year
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reducing crop yields
Hint: Climate change can bring more extreme weather.
Question 3
Climate is…
- the wind direction now
- today’s temperature
- a storm
- the average weather in a place over many years
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the average weather in a place over many years
Hint: Winnipeg has a cold, snowy winter climate.
Question 4
Consumerism means…
- trading nothing
- selling only one thing
- buying and using a lot of goods
- making no waste
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buying and using a lot of goods
Hint: Producing and throwing away goods affects the environment.
Question 5
Riding Mountain National Park in Manitoba is an example of…
- protecting land and wildlife
- building a mine
- clearing farmland
- creating a port
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protecting land and wildlife
Hint: Parks help sustain natural environments.
Question 6
Hydroelectric dams can also have downsides, such as…
- stopping all rivers forever
- using only coal
- flooding land and changing ecosystems and communities
- producing no electricity
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flooding land and changing ecosystems and communities
Hint: Large projects can affect traditional territories and wildlife.