NSW Secondary Science

Stage 4 Science

4.9.4 (b) the atmosphere: describes the importance of atmospheric gases, to life on Earth

Stage 5 Science

5.11 analyses the impact of human resource use on the biosphere to evaluate methods of conserving, protecting and maintaining Earth’s resources

Stage 6 Earth and Environmental Science

9.4 Caring for country

6. The results of the Industrial Revolution on the atmosphere and hydrosphere:

• summarise types of chemical reactions involved in the formation of greenhouse gases and acid rain from the burning of fossil fuels (word equations only)

• analyse different scientific views on the causes of global warming to assess predictions on the likelihood of global warming.

NSW Primary Science

Stage 3 Science and technology

This resource can contribute to students knowing and understanding that:

• the activities of people can change the balance of nature

• there are environmental consequences of production and consumption

• there are many physical phenomena which change the environment.

Links with other Key Learning Areas

The subject of the carbon cycle can be linked to the KLA Human Society and its Environment by contributing to understandings about ways major world environments are managed and the effects of management practices on natural environments and human society.

Australian Curriculum links

Science / Year 10 / Science Understanding / Earth and space sciences

This resource relates to the content description:

Global systems, including the carbon cycle, rely on interactions involving the biosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere. (ACSSU189)