Climate Change Flashcards
When was the Quaternary period?
What was the Quaternary Period?
What has happened during the Quaternary Period?
What has happened over the past few hundred years to our climate?
How are air and sea temperatures measured?
What is the instrumental record?
Before the instrumental record, how did scientists discover ways to calculate global temperatures in the distant past?
What are three examples of current evidence for climate change?
What are Rising Sea Levels caused by?
How do Rising Sea Levels act as evidence for Climate Change?
Why have Glaciers and Ice been decaying?
How does the decay of Glaciers and Ice act as evidence for Climate Change?
How have ecological patterns been changing?
How do changing ecological patterns act as evidence for Climate Change?
What are the three main natural causes of climate change?
What are the three main orbital changes the Earth goes through?
What happens during Eccentricity?
What happens during Obliquity?
What happens during Precession?
What is the Sunspot Cycle?
How does the Sunspot Cycle affect Climate Change?
Why in the Sunspot Theory only a theory?
How does Volcanic Activity affect Climate Change?
What are the four main human causes of Climate Change?
What is the Greenhouse effect?
What are five examples of Fossil Fuels?
What happens when Fossil Fuels are burnt?
How does agriculture contribute to Climate Change?
What greenhouse gas is produced in agricultural production?
How is methane produced in agricultural production?
Why does rice farming specifically contribute to the release of large amounts of methane?
How does livestock contribute to methane production?
Why is methane worse than carbon dioxide for the environment?
How does deforestation contribute to Climate Change?
Are natural or human causes the biggest contributor to climate change?
What is evidence human causes are having a greater effect on climate change than natural causes?
What are 5 effects of climate change on people?
What are 5 effects of climate change on the natural environment?
What are two classifications of ways to manage climate change?
What are the four mitigation strategies?
What is Alternative Energy Production is and how does it mitigate the effects of Climate Change?
What is Carbon Capture and how does it help to mitigate the effects of Climate Change?
What is Tree Planting and how does it help to Mitigate the effects of Climate Change?
What is an example of an International Agreement and how did it help to mitigate the effects of Climate Change?
What are the three methods of Adaptation?
How is Climate Change expected to affect Agricultural Systems?
How can Agricultural Systems be changed to adapt to the effects of Climate Change?
What is Water Supply Management and how can it be used to mitigate the effects of Climate Change?
How can Rising Sea Levels be managed?
