E have looked at the following issues and inequalities: > continuing poverty
> gender inequality
> damaging the environment in order to improve quality of life
> rural-urban inequality

Which of these issues/inequalities do you think are the most important to correct? Why do you feel this way?

City 24-hr average yearly temperature in ºc total yearly precipitation in mm minsk, belarus (former ussr) (53° n, 27° e) shanghai, china (31° n, 121° e) baltimore city, usa (39° n, 76° w) helsinki, finland (60° n, 24° e) banff, canada (51° n, 115° w) kuala lumpur, malaysia (3° n 101° e) 26.5 2393.6 buenos aires, argentina (34° s, 58° w) jakarta, indonesia (6° s, 106° e) questions 1. what factor contributes most to the warm climate of kuala lumpur? 2. banff and minsk are located at similar latitudes. what could account for banff’s average yearly temperature being lower than minsk’s? 3. which city’s climate is most similar to jakarta, baltimore or kuala lumpur? explain your answer. 4. shanghai and buenos aires have located thousands of miles apart and in different hemispheres, yet their climates are similar. what reasoning could explain this?

What's erosion? a. the breakdown of rock into smaller pieces b. the removal of weathered products from rock c. a change in rock resulting from exposure to water d. a chemical change in rock that weakens it

Read the following quote from the nature conservancy, “the 3 billion people who live in poverty around the world will be hardest hit by climate change. the poor are more dependent on natural resources and have less of an ability to adapt to a changing climate. diseases, declining crop yields, and natural disasters are just a few of the impacts of climate change that could devastate the world’s most vulnerable communities.” from this quote, what group of people is most vulnerable to climate change? those who depend on industrialized nations people who are able to adapt to changing conditions people living in central america people who are living in poverty