Climate Change Flashcards
name one economic impact of climate change
crop failures
name one example of an alternative energy source to fossil fuels
solar power
name one international agreement to rreduce climate change and outline one benefit and one disadvantage
Kyoto Protocol 2005
- 170 countrie agreed to reduce emissions by 5.2% by 2012
- USA failed to sign
name one other way we can reduce climate change other than using alternative energy resources
Carbon capture/storage or planting trees
name one way we can manage climate change
new irrigation system
Name a recent piece of evidence of climate change
-shrinking glaciers visable from satellite
name two natural reasons for climate change
volcano eruptions
obital changes
Name two pieces of evidence for long term cliate change
fossils and rocks
Ice cores
Which greenhouse gas is caused by burning fossil fuels
co2
Which greenhouse gas is produced by rice farming
methane
