16.2 - Flashcards

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Global Climate Change:

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Many climate characteristics rainfall, temp., wind patterns, and storm fequency are changed

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Global Warming:

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The increase in Earth’s average surface temp. and is only one aspect of climate change

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Ice shevles:

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edges of glaciers

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Causes for rising oceans

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  1. Warming seawater expands
  2. glaciers melt adding to the water
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Proxy indicators:

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Types of indirect evidence that serve as substances for direct measurments of what the Earth was like

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Types of Proxy indicators:

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  1. Glaciers contian trapped air bubbles and soot to tell about droughts, fires, and general climate
  2. Ancient Sediments preserve seeds which, tell what could grow based off of the climate
  3. Tree rings tell of hurricane activity, wet and dry seasons, drought, forest fires in the past
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7
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North & South America _____ precipitation while SW America and Africa _____ precipitation

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gain & lose

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Climate models:

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programs that use knowledge on the oceans and atmosphere to simulate climate processes using large data amounts and complex math equations

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9
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Mauna Loa, 1958 CO2 concetration was at _____ compared to now at _____ in 2014

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315 to 414ppm

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10
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molecule for molcule, most other greenhouse gasses cause ____ global warming than CO2

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more

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11
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Most reponsible greenhouse gas is

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CO2

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12
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Fossil Fuels:

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buring of carbon containing fuels

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Fossil fuel use have risen due to

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deforistaion and FF buring

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