Physics

Question 1

Explain how carbon dioxide in the atmosphere leads to global warming.

Answer 1

Carbon dioxide stops heat radiating into space which increases Earth’s temperature and causes things like the ice caps melting.

Question 2

Describe three effects on the environment that global warming causes

Answer 2

Rising temperatures also worsen air pollution by increasing ground level ozone
Oceans are becoming more acidic, due in large part to their absorption of some of our excess emissions.
Average temperatures in the Arctic are rising twice as fast as they are elsewhere on earth, and the world’s ice sheets are melting fast.