Climate Change

Question 1

Weather

Answer 1

The state of the atmosphere at a place and time (heat,rain,wind)over a period of 30+ years

Question 2

Climate

Answer 2

The weather conditions in an area over a long period of time

Question 3

Altitude

Answer 3

A height of an object in relation to sea level or ground level

Question 4

Latitude

Answer 4

The distance from the Earth’s equator north or south

Question 5

Temperature

Answer 5

The degree or intensity of heat in an object or substance

Question 6

Thermal Expansion of Water

Answer 6

When the water changes in shape, area or volume

Question 7

Greenhouse Gasses

Answer 7

A gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect (carbon dioxide, CFC)

Question 8

Fossil Fuels

Answer 8

A natural fuel like coal or gas

Question 9

Ozone

Answer 9

A colourless and unstable toxic gas with strong odour that surround Earth

Question 10

Chloroflourocarbons (CFC)

Answer 10

Carbon, hydrogen, chlorine and fluorine, gases that typically used in refrigerators (harmful to Earth’s Ozone Layer)

Question 11

Carbon “sink”

Answer 11

A forest, ocean or other natural environment that absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

Question 12

Carbon “footprint”

Answer 12

The amount of carbon dioxide emitted by the consumption of fossil fuels by a group or person

Question 13

Greenhouse Gas Effect

Answer 13

When the atmosphere traps heat from the sun, caused by gasses such as carbon dioxide water vapour and methane

Question 14

CO2

Answer 14

Carbon dioxide is a colourless and odourless has found in our atmosphere

Question 15

Methane (CH4)

Answer 15

A colourless and odourless flammable gas that is found in our atmosphere

Question 16

Nitrous Oxide (NO2)

Answer 16

A colourless has with sweetish colour, usually used as an anesthetic

Question 17

5 Effects Of Climate Chang’s

Answer 17

Sea levels to rise, hotter temperatures, changes in weather patterns, stronger hurricanes and storms, more droughts and heat waves

Question 18

Proxy Record

Answer 18

Data gathered from tree rings or ice cores to get data from the past 100 years

Question 19

Feedback Loop

Answer 19

Is a circle of acceleration or declaration of a warming trend, a positive feedback accelerates a temperature rise and a negative feedback decelerate sit

Question 20

Mountain Pine Beetle

Answer 20

A beetle that is a native to Western North America from Mexico to Central British Columbia, an invasive species that kills trees

Question 21

Ice Core

Answer 21

A core sample that is used to determine temperature, ocean volume and atmospheric circulation strength, can reach depths of 2 miles that contains ice up to 800,000 years old

Question 22

Anthropogenic

Answer 22

Environmental pollution and pollutants caused by human activity