climate change Flashcards

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What are the HUMAN causes of climate change?

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  • Burning of Fossil fuels
    -The threat of vehicles
    -Deforestation
    -Farming(cattle)
    -Farming (arable)
    -CFC’s
    -Increased waste going to landfill
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How does the burning of fossil fuels increase climate change?

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Increases Co2 emissions

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How does the threat of vehicles increase climate change?

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it produces carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide

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How does deforestation increase climate change?

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Produces CO2 when burned and there is less trees to absorb the co2 being produced

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How does the farming of cattle increase climate change?

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Cattle belch and fart methane which is a strong greenhouse gas.

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How does the farming of crops increase climate change?

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Fertilisers produce methane and Nitrous oxide

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How does CFC’s increase climate change?

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re-radiates the energy that they have held for years into the atmosphere.

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How does increased waste going to landfill increased increase climate change?

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waste produces methane as it degrades.

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What are some of the effects of climate change locally?

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  • Hotter summers with droughts
  • Wet winters with flooding
  • Average populations
    decreasing
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What are some of the effects of climate change globally?

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  • Increased wildfires
  • Droughts
    -Floods
  • Melting ice caps and galciers
  • Melting
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