Year 8

Why is fracking controversial?

Year 8

Why is fracking controversial?

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will explore what fracking is and how it can affect the environment and the wider community. We will go on to explore the benefits and risks of fracking and the policy on whether fracking is permitted. We will develop our skills of writing an argument during the lesson.

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5 Questions

Q1.
Global warming simply means the temperature of Earth is rising.
False
Correct answer: True
Q2.
What is the name of the famous young climate change activist?
Correct answer: Greta Thunberg
Gretta Thunburg
Malala Yousafzai
Melania Trump
Q3.
Which of these are NOT effects of climate change
Flooding
Correct answer: Global pandemic illnesses
Polar ice caps melting
Rising sea levels
Q4.
How many countries signed the Paris Agreement on Climate Change
179
Correct answer: 197
210
220
Q5.
President Obama removed the USA from the Paris agreement on Climate Change
Correct answer: False
True

6 Questions

Q1.
Fracking is short for...
Fracturing your arm
Correct answer: Hydraulic Fracturing
Hydro-static fracturing
Hydroponic fracturing
Q2.
Which of these countries allow fracking?
France
Germany
Scotland
Correct answer: USA
Q3.
The fracking process extracts...
Coal
Electricity
Oil
Correct answer: Shale gas
Q4.
True or false, the Westminster government allowed fracking to take place originally in England?
False
Correct answer: True
Q5.
True or false, people campaigned to stop fracking in sites in England?
False
Correct answer: True
Q6.
True or false, in 2019 England placed a moratorium on fracking?
False
Correct answer: True