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Our Environment
Climate Change
Past climates
climate vocab
Gasses
100

pollution affects the global climate: true or false

true

100

Deforestation helps absorb methane: true or false

False. answer is carbon dioxide

100

What have volcanic eruptions done to the global temperature in the past?

Cools down from sulfur dioxide first then heats up from the carbon dioxide for 100ish years
100
long time weather patterns in a given place
What is climate
100

what kind of gas is released during combustion?

Carbon Dioxide

200
greenhouse gasses are the number one cause of the changing climate true or false
true
200

is the climate naturally changing?

yes climate does naturallty change but in the past 500 years human forces have had the highest effect on the changing climate

200
In the past, there was a time where there was an ice age. Was there more or less energy entering than exiting?

Less energy entering, more energy exiting

200

a rising and falling in number amount

What is fluctuation?

200
the name of a combination of gasses that are responsible for global warminng
greenhouse gasses
300
If we had no greenhouse gases what would our environment look like?

Frozen, no heat would be able to be trapped 

300

Name 3 things you can do to help the climate change crisis.

many options to say

examples are: plant trees, eat less meat, compost, create less waste, turn off lights when not in use, unplug electronics when not in use, etc..

300
has the earths climate ever got warmer before recent times?
yes earths climate has gotton warmer and cooler several times over its history
300

a general direction in which something is developing or changing

What is trend?
300

What gas is released when cows fart?

mathane

400

Cars emit 95 percent of carbon dioxide emissions in cities: true or false

what is true

400

what role does the sun play in climate change?

slim to none most of the reasons for climate change involve greenhouse gasses and human forces

400

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!

What happens when energy hits sulfur dioxide?



Sulfur dioxide redirects (bounces) some incoming energy from the sun back toward outer space

400
The mixture of gases surrounding a planet.

What is atmosphere?

400
what man made object emitts the most cabon dioxide?
cars
500

When carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increases, the amount of energy absorbed by Earth’s surface should

increase

500

If less energy entered the Earth system than exited, would there be an increase or decrease in temperature?

decrease

Earth would lose energy

500

what is one way scientists can figure out past climates? (they drill this out)

ice cores

500

The process of burning fuels which produces ____________ (define the word and fill in the blank)

What is combustion? and carbon dioxide gas fills in the blank 

500

What is the most abundant Gas in the atmosphere?

Nitrogen