Atmosphere
This is the gas responsible for shielding the earth from harmful amounts of UV radiation
Ozone
The oceans are responsible for these activities to maintain the earth's natural climate.
Storing and transporting heat
True or false: The greenhouse effect is entirely caused by human activities.
False
If I touch a hot spoon that was resting inside a cup of hot tea, I would burn my hand through the energy transfer process of
conduction
Weather is
short term
These gasses are responsible for insulating radiation energy from the sun to maintain the earth's temperature.
Greenhouse gasses
Oceans act as _____ sinks, helping to mitigate the greenhouse gas effect.
carbon
Greenhouse gasses increase the earth's temperature by:
Trapping heat
If I were to cook my favorite food in an air fryer, I would be heating up this food through the energy transfer process of
convection
Long term
The temperature drops with higher elevation due to:
Lower concentration of greenhouse gasses to insulate the radiation energy from the sun
Ocean acidification is a chemical reaction that causes this effect in mollusks or shelled organisms
This gas is mostly responsible for increasing the insulating properties of the greenhouse effect and increased levels of this gas are blamed for climate change.
CO2
An alligator basking on the banks in the sunlight is heating up his body and fueling his metabolic processes through
radiation
Climate patterns are studied for at least ________ years to determine their average
Shortwave radiation
Oceans act as carbon sinks, storing ______ as dissolved bicarbonate (_______) and carbonate deposits (_____)
CO₂, HCO₃⁻, CaCO₃
Deforestation increases the greenhouse gas effect by
reducing the environment's ability to absorb excess c02
A pot of hot, boiling water on a stove is transferring energy through how many different energy transfer processes?
All three
This is a common effect of El Nino weather patterns
More hurricanes in the Pacific, fewer in the Atlantic
These gasses are responsible for acid rain
sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx)
Explain how ocean currents distribute heat around the planet.
Distribute heat globally, impacting climate patterns
Explain the chemical reaction leading to ocean acidification
CO₂ dissolves in seawater: CO₂ + H₂O → H₂CO₃ (carbonic acid).
Carbonic acid breaks apart: H₂CO₃ → HCO₃⁻ + H⁺.
Extra H⁺ ions lower ocean pH, making water more acidic.
A hot air balloon rises due to
The air inside the hot air balloon expanding with the heat, making it less dense, and rising
El Nino got its name by
Fisherman naming the effect after Jesus, the boy, because it usually happened around Christmas