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How much of nitrogen has been in our atmosphere over the last 200 million years

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About 80% nitrogen

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How much of oxygen has been in our atmosphere over the last 200 million years

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About 20% oxygen

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Which gases in the atmosphere are there small proportions of?

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Carbon dioxide
Water vapour
Noble fases

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Why are we not certain what the Earth’s early atmosphere was like?

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The Earth is 4.6 billion years old, and there’s a lack of evidence throughout this long timescale.

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What five changes occurred at the early atmosphere

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Oxygen increased
Carbon dioxide decreased
Methane decreased
Ammonia decreased
Nitrogen increased

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How oxygen increased in the atmosphere

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Algae first produced oxygen about 2.7 million years ago by photosynthesis, and this appeared in the atmosphere.
Over the next billion years,plants evolved and the percentage of oxygen increased gradually to a level for animals to evolve

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How carbon dioxide decreased in the atmosphere

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CO2 was used up in processes like photosynthesis and the formation of sedimentary rocks/fossil fuels

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Examples of sedimentary rocks(which use up CO2)

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Limestone and coal

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Formation of limestone

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CO2 dissolved in oceans to form carbonate ions.
Carbonate ions used by marine organisms to build shells/skeletons out of calcium carbonate.
Upon death, the shells sank.
Shells/skeletons buried/compressed over millions of years to form sedimentary rock

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Formation of coal

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1) Plants and trees used CO2 during photosynthesis to build their tissues.
2)Plants and trees died in swamps and decayed in the absence of oxygen.
3)They were compressed over millions of years to form coal.

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How crude oil and natural gas formed

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1) Crude oil and natural gas both formed from an ancient biomass(plankton) buried in mud.
2) The remains of the plankton were covered by more sediment.
3) They were compressed over millions of years to form crude oil and natural gas.
4) Temperature during burial determines whether oil/gas are produced.

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How has the carbon cycle affected CO2 levels?

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The amount of CO2 in the atmosphere has stayed the same for the last 200 million years because of the carbon cycle.

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How methane decreased in the atmosphere

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Methane reacted with the oxygen that was being produced by photosynthesis

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How ammonia decreased in the atmosphere

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Ammonia reacted with the oxygen that was being produced by photosynthesis

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How nitrogen increased in the atmosphere

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Nitrogen gas is very unreactive so was able to build up in the atmosphere

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What are the main greenhouse gases in the atmosphere

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Water
Carbon dioxide
Methane

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How do greenhouses work?

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1) Greenhouses allow short-wavelength radiation from the
Sun through
2) The glass absorbs the long-wavelength radiation emitted from inside the greenhouse.
3) This keeps the plants inside the greenhouse warm

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Fossil fuels using up CO2

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Crude oil and natural gas

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The Greenhouse effect

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1) The Sun emits short-wavelength radiation which warms the Earth, but the Earth loses this heat by emitting long-wavelength radiation.
2)Greenhouse gases absorb some of this long-wavelength radiation.
3) They re-radiate this thermal radiation in all directions, including back to the Earth. This warms the atmosphere.

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How’s methane produced?

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Cattle is reared for humans producing methanes.
The decay of waste in landfill by microrganisms produces methane

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What do most scientists believe human activities will cause?

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The temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere to increase at the surface and this will cause global climate change

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Evidence that global warming will cause climate to change

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Other scientists(peers) check evidence before it’s published.
Scientists collecting and analysing data(evidence).

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How does modelling climate change work?

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1) Scientist has hypothesis
2)Scientist collects data and writes computer program = model
3) Model predicts future

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Challenges with modelling climate change

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Scientists have a duty to report any uncertainties in their models.
Non-scientists with a vested interest
(individual’s own stake in an investment or project) may present a biased opinion based on only part of the evidence in the media.

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Carbon footprint

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Total amount of CO2 and other greenhouse gases emitted over the full life cycle of a product, service or event

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What is the carbon footprint of a product, service or event reduced by

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Reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and methane

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How does sending less waste to landfill by recycling more reduce methane?

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Less waste breaks down in the landfill site to release greenhouse gases

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How does charging more tax on polluting vehicles reduce CO2?

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This discourages people from driving cars which produce CO2 when hydrocarbon fuels are burned in the engine

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Methods of reducing methane

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Eating less beef
Sending less waste to landfill by recycling more

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Methods of reducing CO2

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Charging more tax on polluting vehicles
Using biofuels
Capturing CO2 produced in power stations and storing it in rocks

31
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Disadvantages of carbon capture and storage

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Expensive technology
Fossil fuels have previously led to economic growth - appealing for developing countries
Difficult to get all nations in thr world to agree to make the major changes needed

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Atmospheric pollutants

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Carbon dioxide
Water vapour
Carbon monoxide
Sulfur dioxide
Nitrogen oxides
Solid particulates

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How are carbon dioxide/water vapour produced

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By complete combustion of hydrocarbon fuels

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How is carbon monoxide produced

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By incomplete combustion of hydrocarbon fuels

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Effects of carbon monoxide

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Toxic
Colourless and odourless
Binds to haemoglobin in red blood cells in place of oxygen,less oxygen=less respiration = health problems

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How is sulfur dioxide produced

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Sulfur reacts with oxygen during combustion to produce sulfur dioxide

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Effects of sulfur dioxide

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Respiratory problems
Acid rain - kills wildlife and damages buildings

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Solutions to reduce the impact of sulfur dioxide

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Sulfur impurities can be removed from a fuel before the fuel is burnt

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Solutions to nitrogen oxides

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Using catalytic converters in cars

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Problems with unburned fuels

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Waste fuel and some fuels may be greenhouse gases

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Solutions for unburned fuels

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Engine is well tuned

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Problems with water

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None - H2O is maintained naturally

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Solution for carbon monoxide

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A good supply of air

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Solution to carbon soot/particulates

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Good supply of air when fuel’s burnt

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How are nitrogen oxides produced

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The high temperature of the engine causes the nitrogen in the air to react with the oxygen in the air.

46
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Effects of nitrogen oxides

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Respiratory problems
Acid rain - kills wildlife and damages buildings

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How are particulates formed?

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If diesel doesn’t burn completely(incomplete combustion), then tiny solid particles of carbon soot and unburnt fuel are produced.These are called particulates

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Effects of solid particulates and unburned fuel/soot

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Particulates cause health problems e.g. lung damage and global dimming: where
particulates in the upper atmosphere reflect sunlight back into space - less reaches the Earth.

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How human activities increase amount of methane in atmosphere

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Creating waste - methane released by decomposition of waste.
Increased agriculture - farm animals produce methane through digestive processes

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First creature to photosynthesis

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Cyanobacteria, about 2.7 billion years ago

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Actions to reduce carbon footprint

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Increased use of alternative energy supplies
Energy conservation
Carbon capture and storage
Carbon taxes and licences
Carbon off-setting including through tree planting
Carbon neutrality - zero net release

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Advantages of complete combustion

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More heat per gram of fuel
released
Less soot made
Poisonosu carbon monoxide not produced

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Problems of reducing carbon footprint

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Scientific disagreement over causes and consequences of global climate change
Lack of public information and education
Lifestyle changes
Econ9mic consideration

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How is carbon capture storage carried out?

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Carbon dioxide(produced by power stations/factories) is trapped:
Stored underground e.g. in old oil fields
Turned into liquid or solid
Reacted with other chemical

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Internal combustion engines

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Increases the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, because:
Burning/combustion of fossil fuels and because of (locked up) carbon oxygen used

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Reactions in sea water

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Decrease the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, because:
Produces calcium carbonate which is insoluble.
Produces calcium hydrogencarbonate which is soluble.
Photosynthesis occurs which produces oxygen

57
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What does a catalytic convertor do?

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It converts carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide

58
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Why should atmospheric pollution be controlled?

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Idea air quality is maintained, can reduce or prevent harm to living organisms, can control/reduce smog and protect buildings/metals.

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Problems of atmospheric pollution

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Air pollution travels everywhere, affecting the environment and people’s health(can trigger asthma), can cause greenhouse gases and photochemical smog

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