Climate Change
The condition of earth's atmosphere over a long period of time.
What is climate
61 Fahrenheit or 16 celcius
What is the current global climate temperature?
Any form of water that falls from clouds.
What is precipitation?
List THREE factors that could be used to describe climate.
Temperature, precipitation, humidity, seasons
The effects of Earth's increasing global temperature.
How do scientists define 'climate change'?
The effect in which gases trap heat in Earth's atmosphere.
What is the greenhouse effect?
One natural process that is changing earth's climate
What are volcanoes, plate tectonic movement, changes in the sun, shifts in the earth's orbit?
Recycle, car pool, unplug devices/lights, eat less animals, shorter showers, public transportation, save water, etc
What is one way humans can change their behavior to minimize climate change.
The act in cutting down trees and other shrubbery.
What is deforestation?
Certain gases that let the sun's rays in but doesn't let the heat out.
What are greenhouse gases?
Current carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere may be higher than they have been in the past how many years?
2 - 3 million years
Most air pollutants are the result of this.
What is the burning of fossil fuels?
Which gas in Earth's atmosphere acts like a greenhouse used for gardening?
A. Argon
B. Oxygen
C. Nitrogen
D. Carbon Dioxide
D. Carbon Dioxide
What is one way changes in ice due to climate change may be impacting the hydrosphere?
Melting ice is flowing into the ocean and causing sea-level to rise.
Which effect is not currently considered to be caused by global climate change?
A. rising sea levels
B. reduction in Arctic sea ice
C. more severe tropical storms
D. increased precipitation worldwide
D. increased precipitation worldwide
One example of a greenhouse gas
What are methane, water vapor, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide
Name an effect on the ecosystem caused from global climate change
extinction of plants and animals, death of coral systems, wild fires, drought, flooding, storms, ect.
This is the biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas.
What is the rising sea level?
hotter
what is go out of the earth's atmosphere