What is another name for a carbon reservoir?
Name one consequence of deforestation
more carbon dioxide in atmosphere
How might people moving to the suburbs affect climate change?
more mileage from suburbs increasing
What is the name for living things releasing Carbon Dioxide in the environment?
Respiration
Do ocean currents transfer heat from the equator to poles or poles to equator?
Equator to Poles
What form is stored carbon found in after millions of years?
Fossil Fuels
What is one way to decrease the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere/environment?
Planting trees
How could changes in ocean currents influence climate?
Melting ice caps adding freshwater to oceans and distribute heat globally
What are two natural sources that produce carbon dioxide?
Volcanic Activity and Animal Respiration
What reservoir holds the most carbon?
Oceans
What type of organisms take in Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere?
Producer
What type of gas is a gas composed of molecules that absorbs and radiates infrared radiation from the sun?
Greenhouse Gas
What conclusion can be drawn about earth's temperature?
Human activities led to increased temperature
Which places can carbon be directly transferred too?
Plants and Oceans
What is the destruction of forests of land to be used for something else?
Deforestation
What belongs at X?
Dead plants, animal matter, decompose and release Carbon Dioxide
Short Term Effects of the Chicxulub asteroid impact:
cooled, dust and sulfuric acid blocked sunlight from reaching Earth
Less trees to absorb carbon dioxide and fires emitted for burning trees emit greenhouse gases
What was the impact on predator populations after the Chicxulub impact?
Negative impact on producers, herbivores die off, predators negatively impacted
How do greenhouse gases influence climate?
Warming influences of carbon dioxide is greater than all others combined.
What is one way that carbon moves through the carbon cycle?
Plants taking in carbon dioxide and releases oxygen during photosynthesis
Long term effects of the Chicxulub asteroid impact:
temperature warmed
What conclusion can be drawn about Carbon dioxide levels every year?
fossil fuels are the main source of rising carbon dioxide levels
Is there a relationship between temperature and carbon dioxide?
increase carbon dioxide and increase global temperatures
What is letter B representing?
Cell Respiration