Is something that process by which thermal radiation from a planetary surface is absorbed by atmospheric green house gases and is a re-radiated in all directions.
100
how many people eat food in their country?
1 out of 6 people do not eat food in their country
100
Earth energy balance describes?
how the incoming energy from the sun is used and returned to space.
100
what are 4 things pollution can do?
Pollution will make muddy landscapes, poison soil, and water ways or even kill plants and animals
What is the percent of the traditional waste management in the U.S?
Traditional “waste” management represents 1 to 5 percent of US greenhouse gas emissions
200
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8 thousand children die from food hunger & by ________ there will be billion mouths to feed.
2050
200
true or false?
100% of the energy from the earths atmosphere come from the sun
TRUE
200
What is the long term effects?
can lead to chronic respiratory disease, long term cancer and other diseases.
200
When we reuse, reduce and recycle we're also reducing?
Energy
Emissions
Waste
Methane emissions
300
one of the most striking & visual signs of impact of climate change is?
glacial melting
300
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the number of heating degree days is expected to decrease while the number of cooling degree days is projected to increase by the year____ ?
2080-2099
300
water in the atmosphere mix with certain chemicals, what are they?
sulfur
dioxide
nitrogen oxides
300
methane absorbs 20 times as much heat energy as ?
carbon dioxide
400
warmer oceans increases?
evaporation
400
Essentially what percentage of the energy that fuels the earth comes from the sun?
100%
400
what are some short term exposures from air pollutions?
irritating in eyes, nose and throat
400
in most governments across Canada, the 2 largest components of residential waste are?
compostable and household recyclables
500
as the earth's temperature rises, we can expect to see?
glacial melting
droughts
floods
effects in the water