AC9S10U04 Year 10 Science

This Content Descriptor from Year 10 Science provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

use models of energy flow between the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere to explain patterns of global climate change

Elaborations

• 1 examining the role of radiation from the sun and how its interactions with the atmosphere, ocean and land are the foundation for the global climate system
• 2 investigating indicators of climate change such as changes in ocean and atmospheric temperatures, sea levels, biodiversity, species distribution, permafrost and sea ice
• 3 identifying changes in global climate over time, exploring visualisations and using simulations to explore why energy balances have changed
• 4 examining the factors, including energy, that drive deep ocean currents, their role in regulating global climate and their effects on marine life
• 5 investigating how quantum computers enhance modelling of complex weather and climate systems
• 6 predicting changes to the Earth system and identifying strategies designed to reduce climate change or mitigate its effects

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