BIO 103 SimUText Section 4

Question 1

Natural

Answer 1

Factors or events that are not affected by human activity

Question 2

Aerosols

Answer 2

Tiny particles suspended in the air

Question 3

Anthroprogenic

Answer 3

Things or ideas that originate from humans

Question 4

Ozone

Answer 4

An inorganic chemical that contains three oxygen molecules; the compound uses the chemical formula O3

Question 5

Climatological Footprint

Answer 5

The specific spatial and temporal response pattern a given climate forcing is expected to produce

Question 6

Sunspot

Answer 6

Colder, dark regions that move across the Sun’s surface

Question 7

Stratosphere

Answer 7

One of the five layers of the atmosphere; atop the troposphere to 50 km above Earth’s surface

Question 8

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)

Answer 8

A class of chemicals that contain carbon, fluorine and that were widely used as coolants, propellants, and solvents

Question 9

Troposphere

Answer 9

One of the five layers of Earth’s surface; atop Earth’s surface to 8-14.5 km above it

Question 10

Spatially Explicit Model

Answer 10

Combine some process (heat exchange, population dynamics, etc) with a landscape map that describes the spatial distribution of different elements of the model

Question 11

Assessment Report

Answer 11

Regular publications produce by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), intended to provide policymakers with the information needed to develop sound climate policy

Question 12

Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP)

Answer 12

Time-dependent projections of greenhouse gas concentrations of up to 2100