Carbon Cycle
The total amount of water found on, below, or above a planet.
What is the Hydrosphere?
After absorbing incoming solar radiation, the earth emits this type of radiation
What is Infrared Radiation (IR)
The 'baseline' gas used to compare against the severity of other greenhouse gases
What is CO2 (carbon dioxide)?
The lower end of the range for Albedo is associated with this color
What is black?
This is Mr. Walsh's favorite color
What is green? Shoutout to the plants :)
Refers to the number of protons an element has. Carbon's is 6.
What is Atomic Number?
This property refers to the amount of light reflected by an object/surface
What is Albedo?
One of the three factors that determines how much influence a GHG has on the Greenhouse Effect
What is Concentration, Lifetime, or Global Warming Potential (GWP)?
A surface/object with high albedo is likely to ___________ incoming light energy
What is reflect?
This is Mr. Walsh's middle name.
One of three ways that humans are interrupting the natural Carbon Cycle that we discussed in class.
What is deforestation, extraction/combustion of fossil fuels, or agriculture?
These molecules are especially good at 'trapping' heat in the atmosphere
What are Greenhouse Gases (GHGs)?
Clouds are tricky son-of-a-guns because they contain this GHG that causes them to both amplify and reduce the Greenhouse Effect
What is water vapor (H2O)?
The highest value for an object/surfaces's albedo
What is 1?
This is Mr. Walsh's dog's name.
What is Max?
CO2 (carbon dioxide) is released by animals (and plants!) as a result of this process.
What is respiration?
Fill in the blank: Shorter wave radiation carries ____________ energy than longer wave radiation
What is "more"?
Most GHGs share this interaction with Infrared Radiation
What is absorb and re-emit?
Choose one: Urban heat islands occur due to darker materials/surfaces(cement, asphalt, etc.) used in cities that increase/decrease the albedo, increasing the temperature
What is decrease?
This is Mr. Walsh's cat's name.
What is Pepper?
The largest carbon reservoir on Earth.
What is the lithosphere (rocks)?
The most abundant gas in our atmosphere, N2, is not considered a greenhouse gas because most types of light interacts with it in this way
What is transmission/transmits?
Name one way (that isn't emissions from driving/factories!) that has increased the concentration of Greenhouse Gases in the atmosphere
What is deforestation, unsustainable agricultural practices, manufacturing (CFCs), etc. ?
The 'snowball Earth theory' refers to a period of time in Earth's history where as a result of this type ofprocess, Earth was completely covered in ice.
What is a feedback loop?
This is Mr. Walsh's mom's name.
What is Lori?