climate change

Question 1

what evidence is there for climate change

Answer 1

rising sea levels, ice cores , paintings and diaries ,
sea ice position, global temperature data

Question 2

list human and natural causes of climate change

Answer 2

natural- volcanic eruptions , sun being hotter some years, the earth wobbling towards and away from the sun.

human- factories, cars, cows reared for meat

Question 3

changes in the earths orbital geomatry

Answer 3

every 100,00 years the orbit changes from a cirlce to an oval.
over roughly 40,000 the tilt changes - will less tilt our summers are coolers and winters milder.
as earth spins the axis wobbles. The axis wobbles from one extreme to another.

Question 4

enhanced greenhouse effect

Answer 4

where extra greenhouse gases trap too much of the sun’s energy

Question 5

name 2 greenhouse gases

Answer 5

carbon dioxide , nitrous oxide and methane

Question 6

comparison of weather to climate

Answer 6

weather- atmospheric conditions on a day to day basis
climate-atmospheric conditions as an average over time

Question 7

info on the quaternary period?

Answer 7

started 2.6 million years ago
during this period there has been a general increase in temperatures
mostly colder before this period

Question 8

sunspots

Answer 8

sun spots makes the sun hotter
less= cooler sun