Climate Change
What is happening to the earth during climate change?
It is getting warmer.
How is carbon dioxide produced with fossil fuels?
Combustion
What are the ways methane is produced?
Natural gas, concrete plants, farting, and burping.
What is temperature?
The average energy in an object.
How does the heat get trapped in the atmosphere?
Gases reflect them, usually back to earth.
What is the chemical for carbon dioxide?
C 02
What does methane do to the atmosphere?
Methane reflects heat back to the Earth.
What are the forms of heat transfer?
Conduction, convection, and radiation.
Why is the ice melting?
Global warming melts the ice.
How does carbon dioxide heat the Earth?
By reflecting heat back to the surface.
What is methane's chemical compound?
C H4
What is the main source of energy on Earth?
The Sun
What would happen if there were less carbon emissions per person?
The temperature of Earth would decrease.
What do trees need to live?
Sunlight, Water, Carbon Dioxide, and Minerals form the soil.
How do animals produce methane?
Digesting food
How powerful is the sun compared to the world's power consumption?
One second of the sun's energy on earth is 650,000 years worth of usage from humans.
How much ice do we lose, on average, every year?
1.2 trillion tons