E-book On Climate Change for Children Aged Between 5-10 Years Old

Define the term Climate Change

Climate change refers to the global or regional alteration in the climate patterns that is apparent from the mid to late 20th century and is attributed largely to the increased levels of greenhouse gasses and atmospheric carbon dioxide. The causes of climate change are associated with the use of fossil fuels (Burke et al., 2018). Climate change is associated with global warming driven by human activities that cause a large-scale shift in the normal weather patterns of a particular region. Human beings have an unprecedented impact on the climate of their environment.

A Video as a Children’s TV Show Presenter Explaining the Following Terms and how they Connect to Climate Change

Global Warming:

Global warming is the gradual increase in the overall earth's atmospheric temperature. The gradual temperature rise is generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by the sudden increase in the levels of CFCs, carbon dioxide, and other pollutants. Global warming is connected to climate change in that it is attributed to the prolonged change in the climatic conditions through the creation of situations of an unprecedented rise in daily temperatures beyond the normal limit (Clayton, 2020).

• As global warming continues to take a tool order on the world's atmosphere, the buildup of heat results in climate change.

Enhanced Greenhouse Effect:

Enhanced Greenhouse Effect is the impact on the climate of a particular caused by additional heat retained on the atmosphere due to the increased amounts of greenhouse gases, CFC, and carbon dioxide that get into the earth’s atmosphere through human activities of burning fossil fuels. When the greenhouse gas concentrations rise to unprecedented levels, they trap too much heat that is reflected on the earth’s surface, thus increasing the temperature on Earth (Change, 2019).

• The enhanced greenhouse effect is connected to climate change in that it results in the buildup of greenhouse gasses, CFC, and carbon dioxide into the atmosphere that is the main cause of climate change.
• Climate change will thus increase as the atmosphere continues to experience the effects of enhanced greenhouse gasses.

Fossil Fuels

Fossil fuels are fuels formed by natural processes involving the anaerobic decomposition of buried remains of dead organisms. The fuels are made from the decomposition of organic molecules that comes from antique photosynthesis leading to the release of fossil energy through combustion. Organisms that decompose to give rise to fossil fuels have millions of years of existence, giving them high carbon percentages. Fossil fuels include petroleum, natural gas, and coal (Clayton, 2020).

• Fossil fuels include organic compounds such as propane and kerosene.
• Fossil fuels may be volatile materials with low carbon and hydrogen ratios, such as methane, or nonvolatile materials made from pure carbon like anthracite coal (Change, 2019).
• Fossil fuels are connected to climate change in that when they are burned, they release the highest quantity of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, leading to a buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. These greenhouse gasses trap heat that is reflected on the earth’s surface, thus causing global warming that triggers climate change.

Actions Children can do to Prevent Climate Change.

Social ways children can get involved to Prevent Climate Change.

1. The first way that children can prevent climate change is to avoid dairy and meat products and then consume more high fiber and plant-based diets. Eating less red meat with the largest environmental impact will reduce carbon emissions released into the atmosphere through the prolonged process of refrigeration, preservation, and transportation (Somerville, 2018).
2. The second social activity is to attend education and awareness forums and programs in school, take part in environmental and conservation club activities and share with their colleagues at school how to conserve the environment (Somerville, 2018).
3. The third social activity is to live consciously in school by using less energy, consuming less water, and reducing their dependence on products that release too much greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, and CFC to the environment (Clayton, 2020).

Economic ways children can get involved to Prevent Climate Change

1. Respecting and protecting green places, conserving trees, and planting more trees is a good environmental activity that helps to prevent climate change. Children can be engaging in tree planting activities to increase the number of trees in the school and purify the air (Change, 2019).
2. Avoiding activities such as burning wastes at school and home is also a good activity that helps children to reduce climate change by cutting down on the amount of carbon released into the atmosphere (Change, 2019).
3. Children can recycle products, reuse products, and reduce the use of single-use products while refusing to use non-biodegradable products that will require burning during disposal.

Explain clearly why these six actions prevent Climate Change

The above sic social and environmental actions will help children in school prevent climate change because they aim to create awareness by educating the children on the causes of climate change and how to avoid engaging in activities that contribute to these causes. Also, these six activities aim to slow down the release of additional greenhouse gasses, carbon dioxide, and CFC into the atmosphere by encouraging the children to seek alternative ways to do their daily activities (Clayton 2020).

• These six activities further prevent climate change by promoting conscious life and eco-friendly lifestyles among children to encourage them to be active in environmental conservation and protection.
• With the effective implementation of these six activities, children will be able to reduce reliance on energy-intensive activities, reduce release for greenhouse gas effects into the atmosphere, and reverse the current state of greenhouse gas concentration (Somerville, 2018).
• The net result of engaging children in these six activities is promoting a reduction in change in climatic conditions.