Climate Flashcards

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List how green house gasses effect climate change

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shifts in snow and rainfall patterns, a rise in average temperatures and more extreme climate events such as heatwaves and floods

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Does wind disperse energy through the atmosphere

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Yes it does

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Greenhouse effect

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The natural warming causesd when gases in earth’s

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Geostationary

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Describing a satellite that travels around earths equator at a the matches earths rotation so that the satellite remains in the same position relative to earths surface

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Cap and trade systems

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Authoritative body most commonly a government establishes a ceiling or cap on how much carbon may be produced

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Carbon tax systems

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In a carbon tax system the government levies a tax on either the source of carbon pounds or the emission of greenhouse gases

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