Climate Change Flashcards
What are the 4 main greenhouse gases?
1) Carbon dioxide
2) Nitrous oxide
3) Methane
4) Water vapor
What is the keeling curve?
Measures the concentration of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere
Have already experienced about __ degree
Fahrenheit increase since _____.
2
1880
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts a temperature rise of ___ to __ degrees
Fahrenheit over the next century
2.5
9
Small changes in temperature correspond to ________
changes in the environment.
enormous
Global sea level rose ___ inches in the last century.
The rate in the last decade is nearly ______ that of
the last century (NASA 2017).
6.7
double
Since 1992, oceans have risen an average of nearly __ inches.
3
What are the 4 effects of rising sea levels?
1) Coastal areas underwater, including some small
islands
2) Higher sea surges during storms
3) Saline infiltration of coastal groundwater aquifers
4) Climate refugees
What are the 3 effects of weather on rising sea levels?
1) Increased natural hazards
2) Heat waves
3) Wildlife
Habitat Destruction
Large-scale extinctions of vulnerable species with
limited habitat ranges or limited mobility in the
face of changing climates.
Recent study looked at 976 species and found that __% had experienced local extinctions due to climate change.
47
What are 4 ways an increase in disease transmission can occur?
1) mosquitos transmitting diseases
2) waterborne infections that increase in heavy rainfalls and floods as runoff can contaminated drinking water
3) some pathogens reproduce more quickly in warmer weather
4) microbes and pathogens trapped in permafrost and ice released from warming weather
What are the 3 consequences of warming weather on war and civil unrest?
1) Fights over scarce resources from droughts,
lost farmland, depleted fisheries, etc
2) Political instability from climate refugees
3) Lost cultures, traditions, sense of belonging
from people who can no longer survive off the
land in small communities and migrate to
cities
