Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas? a) water vapor b) nitrous oxide c) artificial fertilizers d) carbon dioxide or e) Methane
c) artificial fertilizers
What was the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere over 270 years ago? (before the Industrial Revolution)
280 ppm
What natural cause increases ocean surface temperature in the Pacific and can possibly suppress hurricane activity in the Atlantic
El Nino
Current conditions (temp, humidity and precipitation) that can change quickly?
Weather
True or False: The Greenhouse Effect allows heat or infrared energy from Earth's surface to pass directly out through the atmosphere and back into space.
False
What is the current level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere today?
424 ppm
Does the answer for question 1 in this category make it warmer or cooler
Warmer
Temperature, precipitation and air pressure over many years?
Climate
This changes earth's climate more than any other human activity
Burning Fossil Fuels
Coal and Oil
Volcanic eruptions release what two greenhouse gases
Carbon dioxide and water vapor
North Carolina is in what Koppen Climate Classification zone?
C (Green)
Carpool, public transportation, eat local foods, reduce/recycle/reuse, less clearcutting
What has been happening to atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere over the past 200 years?
It has been increasing.
True or False: Photosynthesis releases carbon dioxide into the air.
False.
Forest fires increase Carbon Dioxide or Methane atmospheric concentrations
Carbon Dioxide
List three indirect measurements (proxy indicators) used today by scientists?
Oral/written records, ice core samples, tree ring growth measurements, soil and lake/ocean sediment samples, coral mineralogy samples
Carbon Dioxide
What should be included to help reduce heat absorption when planning and building urban (city) areas
Green Spaces
True or False - During Cellular respiration, carbon dioxide is released
True
What phenomena results in an increases in the sun's energy
Sunspots
Name three ways that climate change is affecting the oceans?
arctic sea ice is melting, coral reefs are dying and ocean water is becoming more acidic
What sensitive ocean structures are negatively impacted by Acidification
Coral Reefs