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1. What impact does global warming have on the community and what needs to be
done sensitize people to this global crisis?
DANIELLE LOCKE
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
What impact does global warming have on the community and what needs to be done sensitize
people to this global crisis?

2. What impact does global warming have on the community and what needs to be
done sensitize people to this global crisis?
DANIELLE LOCKE
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1. What factors contribute to global warming?
2. How has global warming impacted the community in which you live?
3. What needs to be done to protect the community against global warming?

3. What impact does global warming have on the community and what needs to be
done sensitize people to this global crisis?
DANIELLE LOCKE
REASON FOR SELECTING AREA OF RESEARCH
Global warming is a crisis that is greatly affecting our environment and not many persons are
aware as to how it is affecting them. Global warming is one of the phenomenal that is affecting
the society, and we as human beings play an important role in our environmental system.
I found this topic interesting because I have observed that the earth is heating up and in addition
there are other obvious changes in the environment which is impacting severely on the
environment.
Not only am I interested to find how it is impacting the environment but how the problem can be
reduced or solved.
Therefore, researching this topic will open our eyes to the impact it is having on the environment
and encourage the government and the individuals in the community to be more responsible in
how they treat the environment.

4. What impact does global warming have on the community and what needs to be
done sensitize people to this global crisis?
DANIELLE LOCKE
METHOD OF RESEARCH
In order to collect data from the survey, I have decided to use printed questionnaires. The
questionnaire as a tool for collecting data has a number of advantages.
 It requires little time to be completed
 It guarantees confidentiality since respondents are not required to attach their names
 It is not time consuming and it can be done at convenience of the person required to have
it done
The twenty questionnaires only consist of twenty questions. The answers for the questions only
required a tick. The questionnaires are complete confidentiality. Hence, respondents were not
required to include any personal data such as their names or address.

5. What impact does global warming have on the community and what needs to be
done sensitize people to this global crisis?
DANIELLE LOCKE
DATACOLLECTION INSTRUMENT
Papine High School
Off Gordon Town Road
Kingston 6,
Jamaica
June 28s, 2016
A SURVEY ON WHAT ARE THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF GLOBAL
WARMING.
Dear Respondents,
I am respective student at the Papine High School. I am conducting a research
looking at the extent to which global warming is impacting the community and how can this
problem be solved. This study is being conducted as an assignment for a Social Studies course I
am pursuing at present.
Please complete this questionnaire by placing a tick in the box. Specific instructions are being
given where necessary. You are required to answer the following questions respectively.
I am looking forward to your co-operation.
Danielle Locke
CXC 2017

6. What impact does global warming have on the community and what needs to be
done sensitize people to this global crisis?
DANIELLE LOCKE
QUESTIONNAIRE
1. To which sex do you belong?
Male Female
2. To which age group do you belong?
10-13 14-16
17-19 20 and over
3. To what ethnic group do you belong?
African Descent Indian Descent
Chinese Descent Mixed Descent
4. How long have you been residing in your community?
Over 10 years 1-5years
6-8 years under 1 year
5. Are you aware of what global warming is about?
Yes No
6. Does the increase in carbon dioxide cause global warming?
Yes No
7. Global warming is a phenomenon in which the earth is heating up because of various activities
carried out by man?
Agree Strongly Agree
Disagree Strongly Disagree
8. Is there evidence of global warming and changes in carbon dioxide level in the environment
around you?
Rising carbon dioxide causes rising in climate

7. What impact does global warming have on the community and what needs to be
done sensitize people to this global crisis?
DANIELLE LOCKE
rising climate causes rising in carbon dioxide
Influencing one to another
9. How does the carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere affects the natural processes within the
environment?
Of causes:
Deforestation
Decomposition
Forest Fires
10. What are the activities of man that cause global warming?
Air Pollution
Burning of Plastic Bottles
Cutting down of trees
11. Have you observed any such conditions where you live?
In summer time gets hotter
Spring/Bloom Time
Droughts/Drying of Wetlands
12. Can climate change harm plants or animals?
Yes No
13. How does global warming threaten the economy and your jobs across the nation?
It causes:
Damage to property and infrastructure
Mass migration and security threats
Climate changes economic risk
Lost of productivity
14. What are the factors contribute to global warming?
Greenhouse gases

8. What impact does global warming have on the community and what needs to be
done sensitize people to this global crisis?
DANIELLE LOCKE
burning of fossil fuels
Waste break down
15. How does climate change affect our society?
Heat waves
Drought
Floods
16. Water vapour in our atmosphere can contribute to global warming?
Agree Strongly Agree
Disagree Strongly Disagree
17. What is own view about global warming?
Global warming is an increase in the earth atmosphere
Global warming is a human expansion of green house
Don’t Know
18. Global warming has a positive effect on society?
Agree Strongly Agree
Disagree Strongly Disagree
19. What need to be done to improve global warming so it can have a more positive impact on
society?
Advertise it
Let it be taughtful in school
Post seminars
20. How can the effects of global warming be reduced?
Reduce deforestation
Recycle
Reduction of toxic waste

9. What impact does global warming have on the community and what needs to be
done sensitize people to this global crisis?
DANIELLE LOCKE
PROCEDURE FOR DATA COLLECTION
As stated earlier, our community has approximately 175 households. It was calculated that a
sample of 20% was necessary in order to ensure accurate conclusions on the effects of global
warming in the community. (20% of 175=35)
A total of 50 questionnaires were prepared for distribution to the residents. It was expected that
at least 35 of these will be returned.
I therefore decided to choose the households by a process of random selection which will cater
for all the requirements mentioned above. The numbers of all houses in the community were
written, each on a slip of paper. Each slip was folded and drop into a box. The box was closed
and shaken to ensure a thorough mixture of the numbers. A total number of 50 slips were drawn
from the box, one at a time, while shaking the box in the process. The 50 households were
supplied with a questionnaire and were told to return them the next day.

10. What impact does global warming have on the community and what needs to be
done sensitize people to this global crisis?
DANIELLE LOCKE
PRESENTATION OF DATA
Figure One
Source of Data: Field Work 2017
Figure one, is a pie chart showing the responses of the heating of the earth carry out by man
activities in the community.
26%
52%
17%
5%
A pie chart showing the heating of the earth
due to man's activities
Agree
Strongly Agree
Disagree
Strongly Disagree

11. What impact does global warming have on the community and what needs to be
done sensitize people to this global crisis?
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Figure Two
Source of Data: Field Work 2017
Figure two, is a bar graph showing the response to what causes the carbon dioxide level in
atmosphere to affect the natural processes.
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Deforestation
Decomposition
Forest Fires
A bar graph showing the carbon dioxide
level in the atmosphere

12. What impact does global warming have on the community and what needs to be
done sensitize people to this global crisis?
DANIELLE LOCKE
Figure Three
Damage to property and infrastructure 50%
Mass migration and security threats 25%
Lost of productivity 5%
Source of Data: Field Work 2017
Figure three is table showing the responses to what threatens the economy and jobs across the
nations.

13. What impact does global warming have on the community and what needs to be
done sensitize people to this global crisis?
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Figure Four
Source of Data: Field Work 2017
Figure four, is a pie chart showing the response to what are the factors of global warming.
21%
53%
26%
A pie chart showing the factorsof global
warming
Green house gases
Burning of fossil fuel
Waste break down

14. What impact does global warming have on the community and what needs to be
done sensitize people to this global crisis?
DANIELLE LOCKE
Figure Five
Source of Data: Field Work 2017
Figure five, is a column chart showing the responses to what can be done to improve global
warming so that it can have a more positive effect on society.
0
20
40
60
80
Post Seminars Letit be more
taughtful in school
Advertise it
A column chart showing the improvement of
positive impacts on society

15. What impact does global warming have on the community and what needs to be
done sensitize people to this global crisis?
DANIELLE LOCKE
Figure Six
Reduce Deforestation 30%
Recycle 25%
Reduction of toxic waste 50%
Source of Data: Field Work 2017
Figure six, is a table showing the responses to how the effects of global warming can be reduce.

16. What impact does global warming have on the community and what needs to be
done sensitize people to this global crisis?
DANIELLE LOCKE
ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA
The rate which global warming in Jamaica has increased over the past years cannot be
underestimate. It is considered essential for the individuals of society to be able to sustain and
maintain their needs and wants. Some Kingston residents hope to change their lifestyles so it
doesn’t affect our community.
From the data collected, it is seen in figure one that majority of the respondents believed that the
heating of the earth carry out by man activities in the community. From the four options it was
seen that majority of respondents 52% strongly agree that human activities contribute to global
warming causing changes in earth’s atmosphere in the amounts of green house gases, aerosols
(small particles), and cloudiness, the largest known contribution comes from burning of fossil
fuels, which releases carbon dioxide gas to the atmosphere. 26% agree while 17% disagree and
5% strongly disagree.
However figure two bar graph shows, what are the causes of carbon dioxide level in the
atmosphere to affect the natural processes. From three options it was seen that deforestation was

17. What impact does global warming have on the community and what needs to be
done sensitize people to this global crisis?
DANIELLE LOCKE
most chosen for the main factor of the carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere which affects the
natural processes and others think that decomposition and forest fires doesn’t affect it that much.
In figure three a table shows, what causes threats to the economy and jobs across the nations.
From the three options given it was seen that most people think that 50% of damage to property
and infrastructure threatens the economy by sea level rise, floods, droughts, wildfires and
extreme storms. 25% of mass migration and security threats also threaten the economy by
drought, flooding, or other climate related disasters. 5% of lost of productivity by severe rainfall
events and snow storms can delay planting and harvesting, cause power outages, snarl traffic and
delay air travel.
While figure four, a pie chart showing what factors of global warming. From the three options it
was seen that most people think 53% burning fossil fuels contribute to global warming, when
fossil burns they release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere which contribute to global warming.
26% of waste break down also cause global warming by disposal and treatment of waste can be
produce emissions of several green house gases, which contribute to global climate change and
produced from waste methane, it is release during the break down of organic matter in landfills.
21% of greenhouse gases cause global warming by human expansion of the green house effect
those result when the atmosphere traps heat radiation from earth towards space.
In figure five, a column chart showing what can be done to improve global warming so that it
can have a positive effect on society. From the three options it was seen that people think that we
should advertise global warming across the world, trying to educate and raise awareness, another
way you can improve global warming in society is to post seminars to keep meetings to discuss
how global warming can be reduce in our society and let it be more taughtful in schools is
another way how you can improve global warming in society.
In figure six, a table showing how the effects of global warming can be reduce. From the three
options given it was seen that most people think that 50% of reducing toxic waste in the
community can be reduce by stop disposing household products such as televisions, computers
and phones which contain toxic chemicals that can pollute the air and contaminate soil and
water. 30% of reducing deforestation in the community also can reduce global warming by the

18. What impact does global warming have on the community and what needs to be
done sensitize people to this global crisis?
DANIELLE LOCKE
planting of trees. 25% of recycling in the community also reduces global warming by reducing
emissions of the green house gases that cause global warming in three important ways, paper
recycling prevents methane emissions from landfills.
FINDINGS
The researcher has investigated on what are the causes of global warming which affect the
community. These include:
1. The factor which contributes to global warming is the burning of fossil fuels. This was
indicated by 53% of the residents. This has forced some residents to stop burning powers
from the vehicles and industries.
2. Most of the residents think that global warming has impacted on the community by
having severe heat waves. However, the earth keeps getting warmer, the negative effect
are expected to outweigh the positive one.
3. These residents says that the reduction of toxic waste, reducing deforestation and
recycling is going to protect the community against global warming, by stop disposing of
household products, planting back of trees, and recycle paper and plastic.

19. What impact does global warming have on the community and what needs to be
done sensitize people to this global crisis?
DANIELLE LOCKE
RECOMMENDATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES
The importance of global warming cannot be overestimated. In order to maintain a healthy and
safe community the residents, and the government all their parts to play to alleviate all the
problems experienced by the community.
One of the most recommendations is the need to stop burning fossil fuels, cutting down trees, air
pollution and burning of plastic bottles. Furthermore, global warming is making the time get
hotter and cause drought, also cause damage to property and infrastructure, mass migration and
security threats and economic risk. For this to work residents should start posting seminars and
advertising it so that, people can know and learn about it.
However, residents believe that the solutions implemented will benefit them as they will have
gained from these solutions, these individuals believe that the problems they face before these
solutions will somewhat be solved.

20. What impact does global warming have on the community and what needs to be
done sensitize people to this global crisis?
DANIELLE LOCKE
To conclude this data analysis, the researcher has discovered that the root of global warming
mainly rises from sea level; the researcher has also discovered that another root of global
warming is the earth heat levels rises. It was also evident that global warming is harmful.
In order to solve this problem I would do the following:
1. Set examples by recycling and save energy
2. Invite members from across the Caribbean to lecture the residents on the harmful effects
of global warming
3. Write letters to the editor of the newspapers concerning this particular issue.