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Climate Chamge Flashcards

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How is climate change measured

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Long term
Medium term
Short term

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What is long term

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Long term climate change refers to change over tens and hundreds of thousands of years

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What causes long term

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Changes in the Suns orbit
Volcanic activity
Sun spots
Movement of tectonic plates

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Three ways to discover long term

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Ice cores
Ocean sediments
Pollen analysis

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What are ice cores

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Ice cores are cross sections of ice caps and ice sheets drilled through the snow and ice which allow us to look back in time( drilled with long tubes)

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What are ocean sediments

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Long tubes are drilled through the bottom of the sea and different layers are inspected

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What is medium term climate change

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Medium term climate change refers to change overs the past couple thousand of years

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Three ways to discover medium term

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Historical records
Written accounts and paintings
Tree rings

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What causes medium term

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Variations in solar output

Volcanic activity

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What is short term climate change

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Short term climate change refers to the past hundred years few decades

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What causes short term

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Human activity
Burning fossil fuels
Deforestation
Agriculture
Waste disposal
Unsastainable lifestyles
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How do we know about short term

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Weather stations
Sea level rise
Photographs

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What is greenhouse effect

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The greenhouse effect is a process of the trapping of the Suns wormth in the plants lower atmosphere

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What is a carbon footprint

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The amount of greenhouse gases that are released into the atmosphere as a result of human activity

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Which country has the biggest carbon footprint per individual

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United Arab Emirates

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Which country has the biggest footprint per capita

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China

17
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Adaptation of water

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Improving rainwater collection 
Improving water storage 
Improving water conservation
Desalination
Irrigation efficiency
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Adaptation to agriculture

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Change to planting days
Crop relocation
soil protection

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Adaptation to infrastructures

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Relocation of settlements
Sea walls
Creation of marshlands as a buffer against sea level rise and flooding
Protecting natural barriers

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Adaptations to human health

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Improve medical services

Improve sanitation and water acces

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Adaptations to tourism

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Diversification of tourism attractions
Moving ski slopes to higher altitudes
Artificial snowmaking

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Adaptations to energy

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Strengthening of electricity pylons
Improving energy efficiency
Use of renewable energy resources
Reduced dependency on one source of energy

23
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What is mitigation

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The attempts to slow down the process of climate change by reducing carbon emissions

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