6-1: Atmosphere
What gas is the atmosphere mostly made of?
Nitrogen
What is the carbon cycle?
Carbon cycle is a summary process of elements in its compounds that is constantly recycled through natural processes in the atmosphere, ecosystems and in the earth crust.
What is climate change?
Climate change is a long-term change in weather patterns
What is carbon footprint?
A carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions that come from the production, use and end-of-life of a product or service.
What is used to measure atmospheric pressure?
Barometer
What is the order for the nitrogen cycle?
Nitrogen fixation → Nitrification → Assimilation → Ammonification → Denitrification
What are 2 processes to add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?
Respiration and combustion.
What makes sea level rise?
climate change makes glaciers and large ice sheets melt. Sudden rise in sea level will eventually sink down many cities.
What is a carbon tax?
A carbon tax is a fee that a government imposes on any company that burns fossil fuels.
What layer do jets and planes fly in?
Stratosphere
What forms can Nitrogen exist in?
Organic and inorganic.
What are 2 processes to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?
Photosynthesis and dissolving in the ocean (Carbon sinks).
What are some ways to stop climate change?
Buy and spend less on unnecessary things/use cars less/ use solar panels for electricity instead of fossil fuels.
What are some ways to reduce carbon footprint in terms of:
Transportation, Nutrients you take, Home life, shopping
What layer do meteors burn?
Mesosphere
Describe Assimilation
Primary producers take in the nitrogen compounds from the soil, and will enter the primary consumers which will help synthesize protein.
Why is carbon important? (From the slide)
Proteins, sugars and carbons all contain carbon. Plants use carbons during photosynthesis to produce sugar. Then the carbon is transformed into animals along the food chain.
How does climate change affect humans, animals, and plants?
May lead to extinction in some plants and animals, resulting in the food web breaking. It is hard for humans to grow food.
What are advantages and disadvantages of carbon tax?
Advantages - Motivate companies to switch to clean energy / Boosts economic growth
Disadvantages - A carbon tax is regressive / It imposes a harsher burden on those with low incomes
What is the coldest layer of the atmosphere?
Mesosphere
What is atmospheric pressure?
Pressure by the weight of the Earth’s atmosphere at any point on Earth.
Describe the carbon cycle and explain what are the impacts of extra carbon dioxide?
When there is no carbon dioxide, it will be hard to keep the average temperature on the earth.
Carbon moves from the atmosphere to plants. Carbon moves from plants to animals. Carbon moves from plants and animals to soils. Carbon moves from living things to the atmosphere. Carbon moves from fossil fuels to the atmosphere when fuels are burned. Carbon moves from the atmosphere to the oceans.
Explain how global warming/climate change affects cold winters.
Warm temperatures cause polar vertexes to become weak. If the atmospheric air is warm, the air expands more than cold air. It causes jet stream
What kind of categories do we pay for carbon tax?
The Individual Consumption Tax (개별소비세 – ICT) The
Transportation-Energy-Environment Tax (교통‧에너지‧환경세 – TEET)
The Education Tax
The Local Automobile Tax (자동차세, mileage-based tax)
How long and far will the weather balloon take to reach the atmosphere(give EXACT DISTANCE AND HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE)
2 hours AND 3048000cm