Long-term patterns or trends of meteorological conditions in a given area.
What is climate?
100
Global climate change has had numerous effects on the Earth. Provide an example.
What is:
- an increase in insect pest populations
-rise in infectious tropical diseases
-disconnecting of biodiversity connections
-increase in coastal flooding
100
What natural cause could contribute to natural climate change?
What is forest fires......etc
100
Which greenhouse gas is found in the highest concentration in the atmosphere?
What is carbon dioxide?
100
Due to climate change, scientists expect ___________ to become more dangerous by mutating ever faster due to favorable conditions.
What is bacteria?
200
The meteorological conditions in a given place on a given day.
What is weather?
200
What have scientists used to evaluate previous climates?
What is ice cores, tree rings, oil stores, coral reefs?
200
The reflectivity of a surface on the Earth.
What is albedo?
200
Climate change is an example of a _______ ________ loop.
What is positive feedback?
200
The changing methods of forestry practices to keep pace with climate change is called ____________
What is resistance forestry?
300
A shift in a few degrees Fahrenheit of the average global temperature is known as:
What is climate change?
300
Species have responded to global climate change in various ways. What is an example of how species have responded?
What is:
shifting ranges
earlier blooming
migrating to higher altitudes
hatching earlier
300
Factors that can alter climate.
What is a radiative forcer?
300
The name of the international group of scientists who evaluate scientific studies related to any aspect of climate change to give thorough and objective assessment of the data.
What is Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change?
300
How long ago did evidence of tree migration begin?
What is 6000 years ago?
400
Individual weather events can't be contributed to:
What is climate change? (again)
400
What causes the fluctuations of the Earth's average temperature?
What is greenhouse gases?
400
The ability of a surface to reflect away solar radiation.
What is albedo?
400
What is expected to happen to our winters as climate change progresses?
What is they will get shorter in duration?
400
Climate change will increase the temperature of the earth unevenly. The areas of the earth that will experience the greatest increase in temperature is ______________
What are the poles?
500
Scientists have documented that climate change is a normal process. What is the PRIMARY reason the current warming trend is alarming to scientists?
What is rate of change?
500
In 5, 10, 20, 30, 45, 60 years, scientists think the arctic will be ice free in the summer.
What is 30 years?
500
Accepting climate change as inevitable and adjusting as best as possible is:
What is adaptation?
500
What is one way we have discussed where climate change is helping a species survive?
What is pine bark beetle, among others?
500
Diagram the greenhouse effect with a before and after (low and high levels of CO2 in the atmosphere.