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Climate Change Flashcards

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Climate

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atmospheric conditions that are long term, patterns, trends

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Weather

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Atmospheric conditions that are at a given moment (individual events)

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How much of the suns energy does the Earth absorb?

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Around 70%

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How much of the suns energy does the earth reflect into space?

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Around 30%

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Greenhouse Effect

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The atmosphere absorbs suns energy and prevents it from being radiated back into space

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Greenhouse gases

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Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide

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An increase in greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide can lead to what?

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Greenhouse effect and increase temperature of the earths surface

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Ice sheet

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Mass of glacial land covering +50k square kilometers (Antarctica and Greenland)

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Sea Ice

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Ice that forms over the open ocean

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Glaciers

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Formations of ice throughout the world where mountain range elevations are high enough

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Permafrost

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Frozen ground

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Continuous Permafrost

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Entirely frozen ground with 90-100% frozen

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Discontinuous permafrost

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Not a single solid sheet of frozen land, less than 90% permafrost

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Sporadic permafrost

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10-50% of the land frozen

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Isolated Permafrost

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Less than 10% of land frozen

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Why doesn’t sea ice contribute to rise in sea level

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Sea ice is formed in the sea already so the mass of water in the ice is already represented by the level of water

17
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Melting of permafrost can cause what?

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Release of greenhouse gases, collapse of infrastructure, mudslides

18
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How does the ocean help prevent warming?

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It absorbs most of the heat energy, and directly absorbs CO2

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What reaction happens when the ocean absorbs CO2?

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CO2 combined with H2O releases H+ which contributes to acidification

20
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What is an effect of ocean warming?

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More intense storms, more melted ice

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