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Which of the following events would be MOST likely to add Greenhouse Gases to the atmosphere?

Hurricane,Tsunam, Forest Fire, Ecological Succession


Forest Fire 

100

These regions of the Earth that are experiencing the most dramatic changes due to climate change.

What are the polar regions?

100

a change in global or regional climate patterns

What is climate change?

100

Doing this can naturally remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

What are planting trees?

100

A typical green house is made out of glass, What does the earth have that acts as the glass? 

Atmosphere 

200

Is Oxygen Gas (O2) able to absorb and reradiates infrared radiation to warm the Earth? 

No! Because only greenhouse gasses are able to absorb and reradiate heat. 


200

How many Earths will we need to have enough resources if the whole world lived like Americans?

5 plants !

200

Factors that affect Climate? 

Incoming solar energy

Earth’s rotation

Global patterns of air and water circulation

Gases in the atmosphere

Earth’s surface features (topography)

200

Oil, coal and gas

What are fossil fuels?

200

Most air pollutants are the result of this.

What is the burning of fossil fuels?

300

One example of a greenhouse gas

What are methane, water vapor, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide

300

What is the difference between Climate and weather? 

Weather: short-range (daily) changes in precipitation, humidity, wind speed, cloud cover

Climate: long-term pattern of atmospheric conditions, from at least three (3) decades to thousands of years (“average weather”)

300

How is Malaria impacted by climate change? 

 With rising temperatures, more humidity, and more frequent and stronger extreme weather events expanding the range of malaria-bearing mosquitoes and leading to surges in the global number of infections.

300

What percentage of Earth's animals and plant species are expected to go extinct by 2050 if current greenhouse gas emissions trajectories continue?

30%

300

Which country is emitting  the most CO2 presently?

China

400

What is the greenhouse effect?

  1. Certain gasses in the atmosphere trap heat and warm the Earth

400

This type of air pollution traps the Sun’s energy in the atmosphere and raises the average global temperature.

What are greenhouse gases?

400

How is global warming affecting animals ? 

Organisms need a stable climate; when climate changes quickly, Organisms don’t have enough time to adapt to new conditions and may no longer be able to survive

400

Which country has emitted the most CO2 over time? In other words, which nation has the most responsibility for the greenhouse gases that are currently residing in the atmosphere?

The USA has emitted most to date: more than a quarter of all historical CO2: twice that of China which is the second largest contributor. In contrast, most countries across Africa have been responsible for less than 0.01% of all emissions over the last 266 years

400

What are the three main human activities that contribute to climate change?

Burning Fossil Fuels

Deforestation

Reduction of biodiversity

500

What activities are the largest contributors of greenhouse gases?

transportation

500

The act in cutting down trees and other shrubbery.

What is deforestation?

500

This is the biggest danger posed by global warming to people living in coastal areas.

What is the rising sea level?

500

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.

500

One way humans can change their behavior to minimize climate change.

What is recycle, car pool, unplug devices/lights, eat less animals, shorter showers, public transportation, ect?