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Greenhouse Gas
Carbon Cycle
Oceans
Climate Change
Mixed Bag
100

What is a greenhouse gas?

A gas in our atmosphere that traps heat

100
Name 2 reservoirs of carbon

Fossil fuels, ocean, rocks, plants, soil, atmosphere

100

Why is more CO2 in the ocean a problem?

It causes ocean acidification

100

Which of the following is NOT in part caused by climate change?

a) hurricanes
b) earthquakes
c) flooding
d) forest fires

b) earthquakes

100

True or false: Climate change is caused by the natural cycles of the earth and sun

False

200

This greenhouse gas is absorbed by plants

CO2 aka Carbon Dioxide

200

What causes the increase of carbon in the atmosphere?

More burning of fossil fuels (also, less plants/deforestation)

200

Why is the amount of carbon in the ocean increasing?

 It dissolves from the atmosphere
200
Why is climate change causing sea level rise?
Melting of glaciers (land ice) 

Thermal expansion of water

200

True or false: plastic is made from a fossil fuel

true- petrolum

300

Greenhouse gasses make up approximately what percent of our atmosphere?

less than 0.1%

300

What 2 reservoirs of carbon stores more carbon now than it did before the industrial revolution

Atmosphere and ocean
300

What creatures in the ocean are being most directly impacted by ocean acidifiation?

shellfish

300

The earth has warmed by ____ degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial times

1

300

List the 3 types of fossil fuels

Coal, Oil, Natural Gas

400

What has been happening to the concentrations of greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere over the past 200 years and why?

It has been increasing due to humans use of fossil fuels

400

True or False: Photosynthesis releases carbon dioxide into the air.

False.

400

When CO2 mixes with water, it forms __________

carbonic acid

400
What is the difference between weather and climate?

Weather is short term (daily), climate is long term (30+ years)

400

Warm water holds _____ carbon dioxide compared to cold water.

Answer: More, Less, or The Same 

Less

500
Why is the greenhouse effect a good thing?

Because without it, earth would be too cold for life to survive

500

Plants store carbon. What molecule is the carbon part of when it is stored in the plant?

Glucose

500

What is the current pH of the ocean? AND it is an acid, base, or neutral?

8.1, base

500

List 3 impacts of climate change

many possible answers-

flooding, hurricanes, forest fires, sea level rise, heat waves, loss of biodiversity, etc

500
Other than carbon dioxide, name another greenhouse gas

Methane, water vapor, NO2