Global Warming

Question 1

consequences of global warming

Answer 1

Increase in sea level, increase in frequency and severity of weather events, increased frequency and severity of
heat waves

Question 2

five greenhouse gases

Answer 2

CO2, CH4, N2O, water vapor, O3

Question 3

most abundant non-anthropogenic greenhouse gas

Answer 3

H2O

Question 4

a greenhouse gas that is exclusively anthropogenic

Answer 4

CCL2F2

Question 5

A greenhouse gas that, in the lower troposphere, is formed by photochemical reactions

Answer 5

O3

Question 6

layers of the atmosphere (lowest to highest)

Answer 6

troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere,

thermosphere, exosphere

Question 7

the ozone is depleted by what type of UV light

Answer 7

UV-B and UV-C

Question 8

positive feedback loop

Answer 8

Causes a system to change further in the same direction. Example: melting of Arctic sea ice

Question 9

negative feedback loop

Answer 9

A feedback loop that causes a system to change in the opposite direction from which it is moving. Example: reproduction –> overgrazing –> less reproduction