Climate Change
What is the primary gas responsible for global warming?
What is carbon dioxide (CO₂)?
What is a renewable resource?
A resource that is replaced quickly and comes from Earth
In this layer of the atmosphere the phenomena Auroras occur here
Thermosphere
This telescope was discovered in 1990 and is used to observe wavelengths in space, it has captured pictures of galaxies thousands of light years away
What is the Hubble Telescope
The equator seperates the Earth into what 2 halves?
Northern/Southern Hemisphere
Describe the greenhouse effect in one sentence.
What is the process where certain gases trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere?
What is one reason for deforestation?
Urbanization- the building of cities
In this layer, meteorites burn upon arrival
Mesosphere
A solstice occurs when
The Sun reaches its highest/shortest point in the sky, marking the longest/shortest day of the year
This system of Earth is from the surface to the core
Geosphere
What role do oceans play in climate regulation?
What is they absorb and store carbon dioxide and heat?
What is solar energy
This is the layer that is the outermost layer and the barrier between planet Earth and Space
Exosphere
What year was the first human launched into space
1961
The atomic number is the number of _____ in an element
Protons
The foundation for Earth's global climate system is
What is the Sun
What is the most versatile resource?
What is bamboo
This layer is also known as the ozone layer, where solar radiation is reflected back into space.
What is the stratosphere
What is a moon?
an object that orbits around a planet
This cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical or physical means
What is elements
What are the two reasons that Earth's climate is different in different areas of the world?
What is Earth's rotation and tilt
Peat is a Biomass fuel or fossil fuel
Biomass fuel
2 things that the atmosphere does to make life on Earth sustainable
What is maintain temperature and control weather, provide UV radiation protection and oxygen.
True-False
Earth's distance from the Sun and nearly circular orbit allows clouds to form and exist on Earth giving us water.
False
The four reasons erosion occurs... WWGG
Wind Water Gravity Glaciers