Recent Percentage Breakdown
In 2016, how many million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents did U.S. greenhouse gas emissions total?
6,511 metric tons.
Which greenhouse gas is a colorless, odorless gas produced by burning carbon and organic compounds.
Carbon Dioxide
What is the easiest way to see the increasing temperatures?
The thermometer records kept over the past century and a half.
What do we say about antarctica in our hypothesis?
Antarctica will be completely melted.
What is global warming?
A slow but steady increase in the atmosphere’s temperature
How many after accounting for the land sector?
5,795 metric tons
Which greenhouse gases is a colorless, odorless flammable gas which is the main constituent of natural gas.
Methane
How do higher temperatures affect our safety?
Higher temperatures are making many types of disasters more dangerous including storms, heat waves, floods, and droughts.
Why will thunderstorms occur more often? (according to our hypothesis)
The humidity from the sea levels and the increase in temperature.
What are Greenhouse Gases?
Gases that play a part in the Greenhouse Effect by absorbing invisible radiation.
How much have greenhouse gas emissions decreased from 2015-2016?
2.5%
What is nitrous oxide?
A colorless gas with a sweetish odor, prepared by heating ammonium nitrate.
Do we hypothesize that the climate will be hotter or colder?
Hotter.
What type of atmosphere does a warmer climate create?
An atmosphere that can collect, retain, and drop more water.
What is the atmosphere?
The seal of gases surrounding Earth or other planets.
How much lower were greenhouse gas emissons in 2016 than in 2005.
12%
What is a Chlorofluorocarbon?
A completely halogenated paraffin hydrocarbons that contain only carbon, chlorine, and fluorine, produced as volatile derivative of methane, ethane, and propane.
Who has taken the lead in global warming pollution?
China
Around the world,How much has the Earth's temperature risen?
About 1 degree.
What is the Greenhouse Effect?
The trapping of the sun’s warmth in a planet’s lower atmosphere or sky because of the greenhouse gases in the earth’s surface
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Bounus! Name the chemical formula for each of the greenhouse gases.
CO2, CH4, N2O, and CCl2F2.
Name one of the sources credited in the bibliography.
NRDC/Dictionary.com/EPA/Science Daily/Live Science
How much out of all CO2 emissions do we produce?
16%
What is a sink?
A natural or artificial source that absorbs and stores the atmosphere’s carbon with physical and biological mechanisms