Climate factors
Triple Points if you pretend you are walking a catwalk like a model
What material has the highest specific heat?
Water
What is the main gas causing climate change?
Carbon Dioxide
What is happening at the northwest passage and greenland? (arctic)
ice melting
Triple points if you put your hair in a weird hair style for the rest of class
Humans begin removing coal factories and replacing them with solar energy farms
Negative - Removes CO2 production
Double points if you thumb wrestle and win a person of my choosing
If an animal dies, where in the carbon cycle will the carbon travel to?
Sediments and rocks or atmosphere
Is it cooler inland or on the coast? Why?
Coast - by water
Double points if you give your best attempt at an irish river dance
What is gas that is even stronger than Carbon Dioxide?
Methane
Double points if you sing the AI bear song (or another tik tok meme song)
What will happen to the amount of precipitation as climate changes?
More rain
China increased its gas car production with the new tariffs in place.
positive - more CO2 from gas cars
When you breathe, where does the CO2 go?
Atmosphere
What are the two types of ocean currents that affect climate?
cool and warm
Weather is day to day climate is trend in temperature and rain over a long period of time
What will happen to coastal areas as climate changes? Why?
Go underwater - sea levels are rising
Peruvian natives are slashing and burning more of the rain forest for palm oil farms.
positive - less carbon sinks and carbon bombs released when burning
Where does most CO2 go from human activity? Why is this bad?
Atmosphere- speeds up the greenhouse effect
Describe Maryland's weather today and Maryland's climate overall.
Climate: Seasons
Think back to the movie - what does a large population of India have to use for energy? (gross)
cow dung
More electric cars being produced and not emitting CO2 daily.
negative
What is the difference between a carbon source and a carbon sink?
Source - produces carbon
sink- absorbs carbon
What is the difference between the windward and leeward side of a mountain
windward- by the ocean, wet, vegetation
Leeward - dry, no plants
Describe the greenhouse effect
Gases are trapped in the atmosphere by gases like carbon dioxide and methane which in turn traps heat on Earth.
List at least 3 things that release carbon dioxide into the air.
Breathing, cars, factories, burning trees/trash, etc
More beef (cow) farms being created.
Positive - more methane
Trees or water