1. 3.1 Power Blackout 1 October 2015 NEWS ALERT. You have just found out that a hurricane is heading towards Redbridge coming from Southend in 12 hours. The roads are blocked out of Redbridge. The hurricane has sustained winds of 150 mph. What are you going to do? HINTS: What do you need? What would you want? What would be destroyed / interrupted? How long will this last?

9. Where electricity is usedWhat would happen in a power cut?What would you do? lights heating cooking water supplywater pumps stop working TV and radio computers refrigeration street lights traffic lights shopsclosed if tills don't work tube trains cars and lorriespumps stop working hospitals have emergency systems but may cancel appointments schools

10. Country Millions of tonnes of CO2 Tonnes per person USA14475.37 China9180.76 Russia4312.91 Japan3192.54 India2720.29 Germany2352.87 UK1522.59 Canada1123.76 Italy1101.92 France991.69 Australia844.63 South Africa801.88 Brazil750.46 Sierra Leone10.08

15. To Answer… 1.The country with the highest emissions per person is … 2.The non-G8 nation with the largest overall emissions is… 3.(a) the G8 nation with the smallest emissions per person is... (b) This is smaller than the USA’s figure by almost a... 4.(a) the USA has the largest emissions per person due to the… (b) France has the lowest emissions per person because… 5.The countries that will contribute most to the increasing levels of CO2 over the next five years are… This is because… 6.Countries are willing to ratify the Kyoto protocol because…

16. Answers 1.The country with the highest emissions per person is …USA 2.The non-G8 nation with the largest overall emissions is…CHINA 3.(a) the G8 nation with the smallest emissions per person is...FRANCE (b) This is smaller than the USA’s figure by almost a...THIRD 4.(a) the USA has the largest emissions per person due to the… use of big cars, highly industrialised, road haulage, coal plants (b) France has the lowest emissions per person because… use of nuclear power (80%), extensive rail network etc

17. Q5 Developing nations: more users will be connected to electrical grids, industrial activity increase, not signed up to Kyoto. USA has no desire to curb emissions, already industrialised, large already so small proportional increase leads to large global increase

18. Homework Stick and then complete AP3.3. Your task is to interview four people (friends or family) to find out what they know about radioactive materials. Ask each of the five questions in turn and tick the boxes when they mention the particular points. If they mention other ideas not listed in the table write them down separately.