Human And Natural Climate Change πŸ“– Flashcards

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True or False

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  • Humans can be blamed because of factories and cars : False.
  • The cycle follows a cycle of warming and cooling : True.
  • Climate change can be stopped : True it can’t be stopped but can be reduced.
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Greenhouse Gases and their sources

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  • Carbon dioxide : created from burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) and deforestation.
  • Methane : sources form has pipeline leaks, farming rise in payday field and cattle farming.
  • Nitrous acid : made from jet aircraft engines, cars, lorries, fertilisers and sewage farms.
  • Halocarbons : used in industry, solvents and cooling equipments.
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What is happening to our planet

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  • 2015 was the warmest year recorded.
  • Fossil fuels release carbon dioxide.
  • Climate change : flooding, rise in water level, storms.
  • If humans didn’t exist we would be near ice age.
  • Ice sheets huge Greenland, 3x bigger than Texas.
  • Glaciers could vanish.
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