Climate Change

Question 1

Fluorinated (f) gas: GWP = 6500-9200, Persistence = 800-50000 years

Answer 1

PFC

Question 2

Greenhouse gas: CH4, much is human caused (ag)

Answer 2

Methane

Question 3

Fluorinated (f) gas: GWP = 23900, Persistence = 32000 years

Answer 3

SF6

Question 4

Species like ____ are having reproductive troubles because they can’t reach breeding grounds, and if they do sometimes shifting ice makes it impossible for them to get back

Answer 4

penguins

Question 5

GWP = 310, Persistence = 120 years

Answer 5

Nitrous oxides

Question 6

Non-human influences: 11-year cycle of sun’s activity rising and falling (low impact)

Answer 6

Solar cycles

Question 7

Non-human influences: source of NOx, COx, and SOx.

Answer 7

Volcanic Eruptions

Question 8

Fluorinated (f) gas: GWP = 140-11700, Persistence = 1-270 years

Answer 8

HFC

Question 9

There has been as many as ___ poles on Earth historically

Answer 9

8

Question 10

Changing ___ ___ are posing severe issues for island communities

Answer 10

sea levels

Question 11

Fish are dying because of ___ ___ in the ocean

Answer 11

dead zones

Question 12

SF6, PFCs, and HFCs all replaced these

Answer 12

CFCs

Question 13

scale for which carbon dioxide is the base (1)

Answer 13

Global Warming Potential (GWP)

Question 14

“Good” volcanic eruptions release ___ which are aerosols that reflect solar radiation

Answer 14

SOx

Question 15

Greenhouse gas: most abundant, not human caused

Answer 15

Water vapor

Question 16

Type of event that killed 730+ in Chicago in 1995 and 35000+ in Europe in 2003

Answer 16

Heat wave

Question 17

3 things we know for sure about climate change

Answer 17

the climate is changing, we are contributing to change, we are not solely responsible

Question 18

cancels itself

Answer 18

Negative Feedback Loop

Question 19

____ that haven’t dried in the past 100 years are starting to disappear

Answer 19

Wetlands

Question 20

Over 8.5 million acres were ___ in 2005 in the US

Answer 20

burned

Question 21

GWP = 21, Persistence = 10 years

Answer 21

Methane

Question 22

Non-human influences: When the magnetic poles of the Earth shift over time, Period: 300,000 years (High Impact)

Answer 22

Polar drift

Question 23

Greenhouse gas: SF6

Answer 23

Sulphur hexaflouride

Question 24

Solution that involves find the difference in projected carbon emissions and the goal, and creating “wedges” equal to 1 billion tons that you eliminate one at a time with small lifestyle changes

Answer 24

Socolow’s Wedges

Question 25

Greenhouse gas: N2O is an example (human caused, ag)

Answer 25

Nitrous oxides

Question 26

predictions based on past performance and pending actions

Answer 26

trends

Question 27

___ ___ are getting larger and more dangerous

Answer 27

Dust storms

Question 28

Substance with an 8% reflectivity level

Answer 28

Open water

Question 29

18% of the US was in moderate to extreme ____ drought in Nov 2005

Answer 29

drought

Question 30

reinforces itself

Answer 30

Positive Feedback Loop

Question 31

Non-human influences: Motion of earth's axis and the shifting orbit of the Earth, Period: 22,000 years (High Impact)

Answer 31

Precession

Question 32

how long the gas will last once it is released into the atmosphere

Answer 32

Persistence

Question 33

Greenhouse gas: PFCs

Answer 33

Perfluorocarbons

Question 34

GWP = 1, Persistence = 300-1000 years

Answer 34

Carbon Dioxide

Question 35

Substance with an 85% reflectivity level

Answer 35

Snow

Question 36

refers to the reflectivity of a material

Answer 36

Albedo

Question 37

Non-human influences: group that includes solar cycles, obliquity, precession, and polar drift

Answer 37

Milankovitch cycles

Question 38

4 examples equivalent to "one wedge"

Answer 38

Double fuel efficiency, produce current coal with 2X efficiency, increase wind electricity 50X, adopt conservation tillage worldwide

Question 39

Greenhouse gas: HFCs

Answer 39

Hydrofluorocarbons

Question 40

Non-human influences: the tilt of the Earth on it's axis changes, Period: 41,000 years (High Impact)

Answer 40

Obliquity

Question 41

"Bad" volcanic eruptions release ___ and ___ which are greenhouse gases

Answer 41

COx and NOx

Question 42

Greenhouse gas: 2nd most abundant, human caused

Answer 42

Carbon dioxide