Soc Sci S3 All Vocab

Question 1

First used the term “Anthropocene” in the year 2000

Answer 1

Paul J. Crutzen & Eugene F. Stoermer ; pg. 37

Question 2

a development starting in the late 18th century that expanded manufacturing by using mechanics

Answer 2

Industrial Revolution ; pg. 37

Question 3

When humanity’s impact on the natural world rapidly increased

Answer 3

Great Acceleration ; pg. 37

Question 4

Body of the United Nations that defines the Anthropocene as a new epoch that resulted from human - driven changes to the Earth system

Answer 4

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ; pg. 37

Question 5

Coined the term “Great Acceleration”

Answer 5

J.R. McNeil ; pg. 40

Question 6

Argued that atmospheric water vapor and carbon dioxide could interact with solar rays to raise Earth’s temperature

Answer 6

Eunice Newton Foote ; pg. 42

Question 7

References oil, its value and like gold, is extracted from the Earth

Answer 7

black gold ; pg. 45

Question 8

Reported that fossil fuels comprise over 75% of global greenhouse gas emission and almost 90% of carbon dioxide emissions

Answer 8

United Nations ; pg. 45

Question 9

the ongoing and looming global risks related to climate change. air pollution, and biodiversity

Answer 9

triple planetary crisis ; pg. 50

Question 10

Greek word that means “human”

Answer 10

anthropos

Question 11

Greek word that means “new”

Answer 11

kainós

Question 12

An artificial element that could be found in sediment core samples as a result of nuclear weapons testing

Answer 12

plutonium - 239

Question 13

The lowest layer of the atmosphere that is about 7 miles thick and where the Earth’s weather occurs

Answer 13

Troposphere