4.3 Flashcards

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Greenhouse Gases

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trap the sunilight that comes to earth to keep temperature.

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cllimate

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average over around 30 years

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weather

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what is happening at that specific, month , day, year.

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4
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Albedo

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30% of the sunlight that gets reflected back into space

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Water specific heat?

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Takes more energy to heat water but it stays heated for a longer time.

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Feedback loop

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Positive feedback the simulus increases, negative the stimulus reverts back to original or decreases

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How does weathering affect the temp levels

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Weathering makes rock levels go down and releases the CO2 that was stored in them, the Co2 goes back into the atmosphere and gets trapped by the greenhouse gases.

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Short term carbon cycle

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Soil decompses, CR, photosynthesis,

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Long term carbon cycle

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weathering, sedimentation. from the rocks increses CO2

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10
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Ocean cycle

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The oceans is made up of carbon and is sensitive to carbon change.

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Human contirbution

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Humans release CO2 into the atmosphere

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ICe cores

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cylinders of ice drilled from forzen things to determine CO2 levels at that time period.

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