climate change

Question 1

what is palm oil ?

Answer 1

top selling , high use vegetable oil

Question 2

palm oil crisis

Answer 2

many plants and animals are being converted on large scale palm oil farms ( contributes to deforestation)

loss of habitants for local tribes

use of excessive amounts of pesticides

when trees are cut off for palm oil plantations co2 is released which affects global warming

Question 3

deforestation

Answer 3

permanent removal of trees to make room for something besides forest. As a result trees can no longer perform their critical function in carbon absorbtion increasing global warming

Question 4

greenhouse effect

Answer 4

focuses trapping radiation and keeping our planet warm. if there is a lot of greenhouse gases in atmosphere, earth temperature increases but i there is fewer of these gases earth becomes cooler

Question 5

anthropogenic

Answer 5

human activity

Question 6

consequences of global temperature

Answer 6

• human
• carbon dioxide
• burning fossil fuels
• industry
• agriculture
• deforestation
• cooling effects of aerosols

Question 7

methane

Answer 7

greenhouse gas 30 times stronger than carbon dioxide produced all by industrial operations + emitted by industrial waste such as food and wood

Question 8

aerosols

Answer 8

reflect solar radiation allowing less sunlight to reach the earth global warming would be worse if aerosols didnt exist

Question 9

mitigation

Answer 9

reducing climate chage : reducing flow of heat and trapping greenhouse gases onto atmosphere either by reducing sources of these gases

Question 10

adaptation

Answer 10

adjusting to actual or expected future climate . goal is to reduce our vulnerability to the harmful effect of climate change