Climate change weather
Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas? a) water vapor b) nitrous oxide c) artificial fertilizers d) carbon dioxide
What is c) artificial fertilizers
Name 5 effects of Climate Change
What is Melting ice, Floods, Heat waves, Wildfires, Storms, Droughts, Ocean Currents, etc.
Where does almost all of the energy on Earth initially come from?
What is Solar Radiation.
Do very many Canadian lynx survive climate change?
What is yes many Canadian lynx do survive
True or False: Canadian lynx hibernate
What is false
True or False: The Greenhouse Effect allows heat or infared energy from Earth's surface to pass directly out through the atmosphere and back into space.
What is false
Effects on Agriculture?
What is drought, increased precipitation, desertification, salinization, nutrient leeching
List four factors that affect the climate of an area
What is latitude, elevation, the air masses that flow over the area, the area's nearness to large bodies of water (L.O.W.E.R.N.)
What do Canadian lynx feed on when there are drastic climate changes?
What is snowshoe hares
What is the Canadian lynxs’ main source of food?
What is the snowshoe hare
Which planet has an atmosphere with an extreme greenhouse effect?
What is Venus
Name one RARE positive effect of Climate Change.
What is in Ontario warmer temperatures allow for more bountiful harvests. Melting ice in the Arctic allows for the NW Passage to open up in the summer allowing for trade between Japan and West Europe.
What are some ways we can get proxy records of paleoclimates?
What is tree rings - temp and precip Ice cores- gases Pollen levels- temperatures fossils Algae Corals
Is there a possibility that more Canadian lynx die during the drastic climate changes?
What is yes
Are Canadian lynx endangered?
What is no but they are “threatened”
What has been happening to the concentrations of greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere over the past 200 years?
What is it has been increasing.
Define Range Shifts and give an example of how they occur.
What is range shifts are a natural response to climate change. Species with sufficient levels of mobility may respond quickly to environmental change, with species capable of undertaking long migratory movements likely to shift.
Warmer ocean waters flow from the west to the east causing increased precipitation and warmer temperatures in areas of the N. and S. Americas
What is ENSO or EL Nino
Do Canadian lynx go to different places when the weather changes?
What is yes
True or False: Canadian lynx can run fast
What is false
True or False: Without the Greenhouse Effect, Earth's temperature would be unsuitable for most forms of life.
What is false
What are the main signs of climate change?
What is loss of sea ice, accelerated sea level rise and longer, more intense heat waves.
Give an example of an abiotic particle and a biotic particle in the atmosphere
What is abiotic: soil particles and soot. biotic: pollen and micro-organisms
Can Canadian lynx endure cold weather to a certain point?
What is yes but only to a certain degree
What is the scientific name for the Canadian lynx?
What is Lynx Canadensis