chapter 10: global warming Flashcards
Higher Carbon Dizode levels than we have now were last seen about
2 million years ago
The country that produces the most carbon dioxide per person every year is
Saudi Arabia
The country that produces the most carbon dixode each year is
China
The greenhouse effect currently warms the earth by approximately
35 degrees F
Which fossil fuel produces the most CO2 per pound when burned?
coal
Converting coal to oil is achieved with
Fiesher-Tropsch
Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased over the past 100 years by
36%
Ice in Antarctica is
increasing, contradicting global warming predictions
A treaty that was signed by the United States but not ratified by the Senate is
Kyoto
According the text, wind power is
rapidly growing with wind turbines delivering twice the power they did four years ago
Clean Coal refers to coal used at a power plant with
carbon capture and storage
In France , nuclear power produces what percentage of the electricity
80%
In the United States, nuclear power produces what percentage of the electricity
20%
The organization that studies climate change is
IPCC
Which of these years had the warmest worldwide climate?
1998
If the United States reduced CO2 emissions to those suggested by the Kyoto treaty ,,and the developing nations continued to increase theirs at the current reate, then global warming would be delayed by about
3 years
The greenhouse effect involves atmospheric emissions of
IR
To be affordable without subsidy or carbon credit the cost of billion-watt solar plant must be not much more than
1 billion
The average temperature of the Earth is now about
57 F
Which country produces the most greenhouse gas emission per GDP domestic product?
China
A key feature of the Kyoto treaty is that it
set up a method to trade carbon credits
Cooling in the last big ice age, which ended about 12,000 BC, was approximately
11 F
Cooling during the Little Ice age was approxiamtely
2 F
Which of the following is not a major greenhouse gas
CFCs
