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Little Ice Age
Key Terms
Carbon Cycle
Climate Change
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When was the little Ice Age
around 1350-1900
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What is a cold period called
Glacial
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Where carbon is stored is called a carbon.....?
Sink
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What do they drill from the Ice in Antartica?
Ice Cores
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What is Mr.McKeoghs favourite food?
Potatoes
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What happened the Vikings in Greenland?
Some died, some moved home
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What is a warm period called?
What is an interglacial
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Name two of our biggest carbon sink?
Forests (trees) and the oceans
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What are they looking for in Ice cores?
Bubbles (CO2)
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What sport was Idress supposed to be involved in this week?
Boxing
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What was the difference between the Little Ice Age and the Last "Ice Age"?
Ice age was hundreds of thousands of years ago, longer, colder (2 of these needed)
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Why did the Mega Fauna die out?
Change in vegetation, less nutrient rich grass replaced herbs and tress
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What is the enhanced green house effect?
The impact humans are having on producing more and more carbon and greenhouse gasses than sinks can cope with. Increased warming occurs
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What name was given to large animals who died out at the end of the last Ice Age?
Mega Fauna
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Where does Mr McKeogh buy his potatoes?
From Tom Wilsons dad
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Why were new crops introduced during the Little Ice Age?
More resistant to cold and wet
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Explain the green house effect?
explain
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What does Fosil Fuel mean?
A fuel which came from dead vegetation
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Name a type of Mega Fauna which became extinct?
Example
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What is Peppa Pigs little brother called?
George
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Which UK river famously froze over in 1683 ?
Thames
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What is the scientific term for human impacts on the climate?
Anthropogenic
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Name 4 Greenhouse gasses (Bonus which is the most common)
Carbon Methane Nitros Oxide CFC (Halo Carbons) Water Vapour
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What is the scientific name for the last Ice Age?
Pleistocene
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Name two types of Volcano
Shield and Strato (Composite)