Effects of Consumption

and Production Patterns

to Climate Change
Module in Trends, Networks, and Critical
Thinking Skills in the 21st Century –
Grade 12

First Quarter-Week 6

AILA MAE B. ADVINCULA

Developer

Department of Education. Schools Division of Tabuk City

 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Cordillera Administrative Region
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City Hall Compound, Dagupan, Tabuk City, Kalinga

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 PREFACE

This module is a project of the Curriculum Implementation Division

particularly the Learning Resource Management and Development Unit,
Department of Education, Schools Division of Tabuk City which is in response to
the implementation of the K to 12 Curriculum.

This Learning Material is a property of the Department of Education- CID,

Schools Division of Tabuk City. It aims to improve students’ performance specifically in Trends,
Networks and Critical Thinking in the 21st Century.

Date of Development : July 2020

Resource Location : Schools Division of Tabuk City
Learning Area : Trends, Networks and Critical Thinking Skills
in
the 21st Century
Grade Level : 12
Learning Resource Type : Module
Quarter/Week : Quarter 1, Week 7
Learning Competency/Code : Explain the effects of consumption and
production patterns that contribute to the
problem of climate change.
(HUMSS_MCT12-Ih-i-2)

: Discuss personal contributions that

can actually solve the problem of climate
change. (HUMSS_MCT12-Ih-i-3)

: Make a stand on how the consequences of

one’s action affect the lives of others and the
environment. (HUMSS_MCT12-Ih-i-4)

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The developer wishes to express her gratitude to those who helped in the
development of this learning material. The fulfillment of this learning material
would not be possible without these people who gave their support, helping
hand and cooperation.

DEVELOPMENT TEAM

Developer: AILA MAE B. ADVINCULA

Subject Teacher

Editors: SHIELA B. ESTEBAN DAPHNY DIVINE D. DELSON

Subject Group Head Teacher III

TEOFILA P. AGSUNOD LORIET L. IYADAN

Librarian II Project Development Officer II
Illustrator: ROXANNE MAE SANGDAAN

Reviewers:JORGINA B. BLANCAD JOSELITO B. CABELLO

MT II-TCNHS Principal IV

THELMA B. GALICIA HENRY M. ALUNDAY

EPS, AP PSDS, NTD-1

MANAGEMENT TEAM:
IRENE S. ANGWAY, PhD, CESO VI
Officer-In-Charge
Office of the Schools Division Superintendent

VIRGINIA A. BATAN
Officer-In-Charge
Office of the Assistant Schools Division Superintendent

RAMONCHITO A. SORIANO
Chief, Curriculum Implementation Division

HELEN B. ORAP
Education Program Supervisor-LRMDS

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cover Page __________________________________________________ i

Copyright Notice ______________________________________________ ii
Preface _____________________________________________________ iii
Acknowledgement ____________________________________________ iv
Table of Contents _____________________________________________ v
Title Page ___________________________________________________ 1
What I Need to Know __________________________________________ 2
What I Know _________________________________________________ 3
What’s In ___________________________________________________ 4
What’s New _________________________________________________ 5
What Is It ___________________________________________________ 6
What’s More ________________________________________________ 9
What I Have Learned __________________________________________ 11
What I Can Do _______________________________________________ 12
Assessment _________________________________________________ 12
Additional Activities ____________________________________________ 15
Key Answer __________________________________________________ 16
References __________________________________________________ 17

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 Trends, networks and Critical Thinking Skills in the 21st Century is one of the
specialized subjects under the Academic track and the HUMSS learning strand. It
seeks to develop among students a deep and thorough understanding of global
trends and issues that affect to become more increasingly concerned with these
global issues and cultivate in them a sense of commitment to become socially
responsive and responsible individuals.

This module aims to lead students to become more increasingly concerned

with these major global issues and cultivate in them a sense of commitment to
become socially responsive and responsible individuals.

All information and data are taken from different resources to come up with a
material that can supply the learning needs and abilities of the students in this
subject. However, some examples are originally made and/or localized to make it
more meaningful to the students. There are also activities for practice in the hope
of enhancing the writing skills of the students towards the composition of essays.

The activities and assessment tools in this module provide concrete, critical
ways of comprehending and appreciating the different topics. In addition, the topics
and the tools form a primary composite issue of globalization, the parts of which
the students critically analyze.

Content Standard: The learner understands the consequences of personal and

local action to global and planetary climate change.

Performance Standards: The learner:

1) analyzes how production and consumption habits contribute to the problem of
climate change and explain why.

2) writes a resolution that you can share with your friends about how you can
personally contribute towards solving the problem of climate change.

Learning Competencies:
: Explain the effects of consumption and production patterns that contribute to the
problem of climate change. (HUMSS_MCT12-Ih-i-2)

: Discuss personal contributions that can actually solve the problem of climate
change. (HUMSS_MCT12-Ih-i-3)

: Make a stand on how the consequences of one’s action affect the lives of others
and the environment. (HUMSS_MCT12-Ih-i-4
At the end of the lesson, you should be able to:

1. cite personal contributions or activities that can help reduce the problems on
climate change;
2. list activities that care for the environment;
3. enumerate problems and negative effects caused by global warming; and
4. make a stand on how the consequences of one’s action affect the lives of
others and the environment.

Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if it is incorrect. Write your answers
on the blanks provided.

_______1. Climate change refers to the major changes in the climate pattern that last
for a short period of time.

_______2. The impact of climate change is one of the most significant environmental
challenges facing the planet today.

_______3. Everyone is not responsible for delaying climate change. Being an

inhabitant of Earth, you don’t have an obligation to contribute to the solution of global
problems involving the environment.

_______4. The use of cleaner production technologies and improvement of lifestyle

are desired to create change in order to reduce the effects of climate change.

_______5. Planetary networks are the interconnections and interrelations among the
various elements in the natural environment enveloping and affecting Earth as well as
elements beyond Earth’s surface.

_______6. The impacts of climate change are not measurable and visible around the
globe.

_______7. Rise in temperature is an example of climate change.

_______8. Ecosystems and landscapes are influenced by consumption patterns.

_______9. Aside from burning of fossil fuels, other causes of climate change can be
traced from the production patterns and the consumption patterns of humans.

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_______10. The burning of fossil fuels and the destruction of forests have caused
the dramatic increase of concentrations of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the
Earth’s atmosphere.

______11. Planting trees and walking are some helpful activities that will induce
climate change.

_____12. Production refers to how people generate and manufacture the products
they need to use, sell, or consume.

_____13. Consumption refers to the use of economic or consumer goods and

resources.

_____14. Organic foods are healthier because they contain fewer harmful substances,
but growing them does not protect the environment and the climate.

_____15. If leftovers, peels, cores and cuttings were composted, they would reduce
emissions and help protect healthy soil.

In your past module, you have learned Roles of Parts of a Whole and Creative
Imagination. We defined parts as subdivisions into which something is or is regarded
as divided and which together constitute the whole. The word whole is simply defined
as the completeness of the parts or components.

Creative imagination involves the formation of creation of mental images. It is the

ability of the mind to transcend its limits, explore the unseen, and thread the path it
would not normally take. When you translate your imagination into reality, you are a
creator of reality.

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Picture Analysis: Below are photos of effects of climate change.

Processing Questions:
1. What can you say about the photos above?
2. How do you describe the trends of climate change at the present?
3. What is climate change in your own opinion?

The concept of planetary network emphasizes that everything on earth is

interconnected. Whatever happens to one element on earth has effect to the other
components.

Planetary networks refer to the interconnections and interrelations among the

various elements in the natural environment enveloping and affecting Earth as well as
beyond Earth’s surface. It includes the rain, the wind, the sun’s rays, gasses and other
climate-related elements.

Global warming is a phenomenon which refers to the rising of global average

temperature on Earth’s surface due to the thinning of the ozone layer in Earth’s
atmosphere. Ozone stays high up in the atmosphere where it is formed, and its huge
quantity is enough to form shield for earth against the sun’s ultraviolet rays. Ultraviolet
rays can cause cornea damage and skin cancer; stunt the growth and food
manufacturing process of green plants and destroy the floating microorganisms at the
base of the ocean food chain. Global warming causes changes in the climate patterns
and weather cycles of the Earth.

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 Climate change refers to the major changes in the climate that last for long
periods of time. Climate refers to the prevailing set of atmospheric conditions such as
temperature and humidity of a place within a span of time. Weather is the atmospheric
condition involving hot or cold, rainy or dry, cloudy or clear sky and stormy or calm in
a short period of time (Arzadon et.al 2015).

The Effects of Consumption and Production Patterns on Climate Change

Production refers to how people generate and manufacture the products they
need to use, sell, or consume. Almost everything comes from natural resources which
are depleted every time they are used. If production pattern is characterized by heavy
dependence on coal, the problem of climate change will be more aggravated. China,
for instance, has large coal mines and relief on them for its energy requirements. This
makes China one of the most polluted countries on Earth. Dependence on petroleum
in the manufacture and production of goods makes U.S. produced 23 percent of global
carbon emission, while it makes eastern European countries, including Russia,
produce 14 percent of carbon emission (Harper 2001). These only show that the more
progressive the country is, the more they contribute to the depletion of the ozone layer
and the worsening of global warming and climate change. www.shsph.blogspot.com
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Consumption refers to the use of economic or consumer goods and resources.

Consumption patterns can be categorized as individual, family, company and
government consumption. It is the main reason why we need to use our resources.
Ecosystem has the ability to regenerate, sustain and adjust what is lost, but with the
excessive use of land resources, ecosystem will be destroyed. In economics, the more
consumption, the more demand, the more demand the more production, the more
production the more extraction to natural resources, the more extraction the faster for
the resources to destroy. The resources in our environment are limited but the need
for production and consumption is unlimited.

Ecosystem- network that links all living beings with one another (ex. food chain).

Biodiversity- variety of life on earth which includes all organisms, species, and
populations and their genetic variations.

Habitat change- encroachment of humans on habitats for use in their purposes result
in destruction (ex. cutting down of forests and destruction of coral reefs)

Overexploitation- lack of awareness on the limits of the world’s natural resources (ex.
excessive logging and fishing)

Invasive species- when invasive species introduce to a habitat, it naturally destroys

the system or order in that habitat. (Ex. janitor fish on fishponds and jelly fish in fresh
water dams)

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Causes of Climate Change

1. Water Vapour (H20)-is considered as the most abundant greenhouse gas.

2. Carbon Dioxide (CO2)- is the principal greenhouse gas that contributes to
climate change. t released through natural processes.
3. Methane (CH4)- is a hydrocarbon gas produced by natural sources and human
activities which includes the decomposition of waste.
4. Nitrous Oxide (N2O)- are used as coolants foaming agents fire extinguisher
solvents, pesticides, and aerosol propellants.
5. Human activities- e.g. changes in land use, and emission pollutants

Impacts of Climate Change in the Philippines

1. El Nino phenomenon will intensify

2. The sea surface temperature will rise
3. Ocean acidification
4. Sea levels will rise by 4 to 6 meters
5. Tropical cyclones will intensify
6. Rainfall, river flow, and flooding will intensify

Effects of Climate Change

1. Rise in temperature
2. Changes in the pattern of precipitation
3. Droughts and heat waves intensity
4. Strengths and intensify of typhoons and hurricanes will increase
5. Rise of sea level by one to four by 2100
6. Shrinking ice sheets
7. Ocean acidification

Simple things you can do to help fight climate change:

1. Save energy. Saving energy not only saves you money but helps you cut carbon
emissions too. For example, refrain from using your cellphone while charging.

2. Improve your diet. When buying fruits and vegetables, try to buy organic. Organic
foods are healthier because they contain fewer harmful substances, but growing them
also protects the environment and the climate.

3. Saving water at home. Clean water that is pumped to most homes has been
treated which uses lots of energy.

4. Recycling. It can really help stop climate change because re-using materials
usually uses less energy. www.shsph.blogspot.com 7

5. Compost food scraps. If leftovers, peels, cores and cuttings were composted, they
would reduce emissions and help protect healthy soil.

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6. Plant trees. Trees help suck carbon out of the air and stabilize the climate.

7. Avoid plastic wherever you can. Almost every plastic is produced from fossil fuels
and in every single phase of its life cycle, plastic emits greenhouse gases.

8. Get on your bike. Bicycle is still the number one form of sustainable transportation.

9. Be informed and support. Support organizations that hold companies to account

for the environmental practices.

10. Sharing is caring! If we own less and use more things collectively, we need to
produce fewer things and that saves on resources. Sharing cars, exchanging clothes,
lending and borrowing tools are multiple different possibilities for collective
consumption.

Activity 1: Find 10 words related to Climate Change in the box by encircling the
word.

E C O S Y S T E M T X N G Y
G L O B A L W A R M I N G Z
R C S K A L I N G A K B R R
C L I M A T E C H A N G E E
R I C A D G M A E O M Y U L
E M K O E A K R I W A C S N
C A F W L N E T V L H D E I
Y T X Y S H U Q E U S F Y N
C E Z C T L M N R O H C A
L S H A L T O L I A J J U S
E Y E O T Z E N D B Q K M L
X W P F O S S I L F U E L R

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Assessment 1: Define at least five words on your own below.
1. __________________- ______________________________________________

2. __________________- ______________________________________________

3. __________________- ______________________________________________

4. __________________- ______________________________________________

5. __________________- ______________________________________________

Activity 2: Read or sing the song below entitled: Warned by Sylvia Stults.

Warned
© Sylvia Stults
More By Sylvia Stults
Published: October 2015

The sands of time have rendered fear,

Blue skies on high no longer clear;
Stars were bright whence they came,
Now dimmed, obscured, pollution's haze.

Crystal clear our waters gleamed,

Fish abundant, rivers streamed;
Ocean floors sandy white,
Now littered, brown, pollution's plight.

Trees towered high above,

Trunks baring professed love;
Birds chirping from sites unseen,
Gone, paper joined pollution's team.

One can't blame pollution alone,

As they say, you reap what you've sown;
So let us plant a better seed,
Tear out old roots, cultivate, weed.

Protect what has been given for free,

Our waters, skies, wildlife and trees;
For once they're gone, don't you say,
Consider yourself warned of that fatal day.

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Assessment 2: Answer the following questions about the song “Warned.”
1. According to the song, what are the effects of consumption and production
patterns on climate change?
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2. What can be done to save our mother earth according to the song?
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Activity 3: List down at least five (5) activities that you can do to exemplify care for
the environment, explain each briefly.

1.______________________________________________________________
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2.______________________________________________________________
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3.______________________________________________________________
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4.______________________________________________________________
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5.______________________________________________________________
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Assessment 3. What do you think are your personal contributions that can actually
help solve the problem of climate change? Site at least five (5).

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 What I Have Learned

The concept of planetary network emphasizes that everything on Earth are

interconnected. Whatever happens to one element on Earth has effect to the
remaining components.

Climate Change refers to the major changes in the climate pattern that last for
a long period of time, up to decades or more. Different areas on Earth experience
warmer-than-average temperatures, as well as wetter-that-average and drier-than-
average conditions. Scientist now have recorded El Niño-La Niña phenomena that
disrupt the normal weather pattern on the planet.

What I Can Do

1. The problems entailing climate change are threatening human existence. What
can you do to prevent the problems from getting worse? How will you
encourage your friends and the government to support you? Focus your
advocacy on one dimension (water, air, land, wilderness) of the environment.
Expound your answer. (10 sentences only)

Rubrics:
Content (idea) -10
Organization - 5
Creativity - 5
TOTAL -20 points
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Assessment

Instructions: Read carefully each of the questions. Write the letter of your choice on
the answer sheet.

1. 4. 7. 10. 13.
2. 5. 8. 11. 14.
3. 6. 9. 12. 15.

1. Emy’s community experiences dirty water consumption because of water

pollution. Which of the following does the barangay captain needs to
implement?
a. Watching water use c. Reducing waste
b. Reducing emerging consumption d. Planting trees

2. Which of the following best describes climate change?

a. The impact of climate change is one of the most insignificant
environmental challenges facing the planet today.
b. Climate change, according to the United Nations Forum Convention in
Climate Change, “a change of climate, which is attributed directly or
indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global
atmosphere.”
c. The impacts of climate change are not measurable and visible around the
globe.
d. None of the above

3. The following situations or activities reflects care of the environment EXCEPT

for:
a. Picking a public transportation as an alternative to buying a car.
b. Walking from store to store if destinations are close together.
c. Conserving energy and reducing water consumption.
d. Taking a long trip on warm engine.

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4. All of the following are scenarios of human activities that results to climate
change and eventually affects the ecosystem EXCEPT for:
a. Concocting a non-toxic cleaning products.
b. A household dumps used oil in the storm drain, which empties out into a
bay.
c. An old-growth forest is clear-cut.
d. Hazardous waste from a factory is dumped into the river.

5. Which of the following is NOT included in the effects of industrial pollution?

a. Wildlife survival b. Global warming c. Air pollution d. Waste disposals

6. Which of the following refers to the trapping of the sun’s warmth in a planet’s
lower atmosphere?
a. Climate change c. Photosynthesis
b. Greenhouse Effect d. Global Warming

7. What term is referred to as the rise in average surface temperatures on

Earth?
a. Global warming c. Greenhouse effect
b. Climate change d. both a and b

8. If you were to analyze this quotation, “Human activity will make the initiation of
the next ice age impossible over expected time frames”, which of the following
best explains the quotation?
a. Planet earth will be in danger because of human activities which leads to
destruction.
b. It is impossible that we could have ice in this country.
c. Human activities with the enhancement of technology could contribute to
good life.
d. Planet earth will be well-maintained.

9. As a student, how can you help lessen the problem of climate change?
a. Using plastic bags every shopping in the mall or in the market.
b. Explore on websites on how to address global climate change to learn
more the impact of it.
c. The use of 3R’s (recycle, reuse, and reduce) are just nothing to the
people.
d. Secure your own self and need not to focus in others.

10. Amira uses plastic bags every time she goes in the mall or on in the market.
Which of the following could help her to become environmentalist?
a. Taking advantage to the trees in her surroundings.
b. Playing computer games with her online friends.
c. She cares but never take responsibility to throw his trash.

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 d. She will use recyclable bag whenever she goes to market.

11. One of the things you can do about climate change is to reduce energy
consumption. How could you do this?
a. switch off and unplug unused appliances
b. play mobile legend 12 hours a day
c. eat foods that are not refrigerated
d. reduce the use of plastic

12. One of the thrust of our government is the war on waste. How could you as a
student help in this battle?
a. make a compost
b. reduce the use of plastic
c. segregate waste as to recyclable and non-recyclable
d. all of the above

13. One way to help reduce climate change is embracing slow fashion. Why is
this so?
a. Fashion is one of the most natural and polluting industries in the world.
b. Slow down and invest in clothes we love will make us feel good.
c. Wearing new clothes makes us more fashionable.
d. Buy less, choose well that makes last.

14. Almost everything comes from natural resources which are depleted every
time they are used. The resources in our environment are limited but the need
for production and consumption is unlimited.
a. Both statements are true.
b. Both statements are false.
c. First statement is true, second is false.
d. First statement is false, second is true.

15. If production pattern is characterized by heavy dependence on coal, the

problem of climate change will be more aggravated. In economics, the more
consumption, the more demand, the more demand the more production, the
more production the more extraction to natural resources, the more extraction
the faster for the resources to destroy.
A. First statement is true, second is false.
B. First statement is false, second is true.
C. Both statements are true.
D. Both statements are false.

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 Additional Activity

1. During this pandemic, students like you are most confined at home. However,
as a way of reducing stress brought by this pandemic, your mother had given
you a choice to buy a cellphone or a bike. Which do you prefer? Why? Relate
your answers on the consequences of your choices affecting the lives of others
and the environment. Expound your answer. (10 sentences only)

Rubrics:
Content (idea) -10
Organization - 5
Creativity - 5
TOTAL -20 points

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 ANSWER KEY

What I Know: ASSESSMENT

1. F
2. T 1. A
3. T 2. B
4. T
3. D
5. T
4. A
6. F
7. T 5. A
8. T 6. B
9. T 7. B
10.T 8. A
11.F 9. B
12.T 10. D
13.T 11. A
14.F 12. D
15.T 13. A
14. A
15. C

Activity 1
Find 10 words related to Planetary Networks: Climate Change in the box by
encircling the word. Define these words on your own below

E C O S Y S T E M T X N G Y
G L O B A L W A R M I N G Z
R C S K A L I N G A K B R R
C L I M A T E C H A N G E E
R I C A D G M A E O M Y U L
E M K O E A K R I X A C S N
C A F W L N E T B L H D E I
Y T X Y S H U E U S F Y N
C E Z C T L M N R W O H C A
L S H A L T O L I A J J U S
E Y E O T Z E N D B Q K M L
X W P F O S S I L F U E L R

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Dumya-as, Gemelyne T (2019). Trends, Networks and Critical Thinking in the 21st
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DepEdCARLR#: 5916-13-21MELCS

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