SS Section 3 Flashcards

1
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What two words make up Anthropocene

A

Anthropos and Kainós

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2
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Anthropos

A

Human

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3
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Kainós

A

new

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4
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What is plutonium-239

A

An artificial element

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5
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Where can plutonium-239 now be found

A

sediment core sample (keep in mind it is an ARTIFICAL ELEMENT)

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6
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Why is plutonium-239 in sediment core samples

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Nuclear weapons testing from 1950

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7
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Who were the first to use the term Anthropocene

A

Paul J. Crutzen and Eugene F. Stoermer

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8
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When was the term Anthropocene first used

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The year 2000

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9
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What did Paul J. Crutzen and Eugene F. Stoermer think about the term Anthropocene

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It signifies a new chapter were that shows the “central role of mankind in geology and ecology”

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10
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When did Paul J. Crutzen and Eugene F. Stoermer suggest that the Anthropocene started

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late 1700s which coincides with the steam engine becoming popular and the amount of greenhouse gases started to grow in the atmosphere

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11
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What is the late 1700s commonly labeled

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the beginning of the Industrial Revolution

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12
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Great Acceleration

A

when many of the developments that began around
the start of the Industrial Revolution increased in
number.

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13
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Ice ages

A

cycles of cold periods

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14
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Anthropogeneic

A

Human-related

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15
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What has sent the Earth’s climate into warming instead of cooling

A

Anthropogenic causes

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16
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Charles Dickens

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A British writer that popularized the modern think process about the industrial revolution; large, fiery factories fueled by coal and lines of workers standing in front of machines, covered in dust

17
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Why is the start of the Anthropocene at 1950 and not at the 1800s

A

Because the size of the emissions grew exponentially at the 1950 not the 1800s

18
Q

Who labeled the increase in greenhouse gases starting in 1950

A

J.R. McNeill

19
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What did J.R. McNeill call the increase in greenhouse gases starting in 1950

A

the “Great Accleration”

20
Q

What was a key factor of the Great Acceleration according to J.R. McNeill

A

The rise in the global human population

21
Q

What was the human population at 1780, the start of the Industrial revoultion

A

less than a billion

22
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What was the human population in 1930

23
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What is the current population

24
Q

How did much the population increase from 1930 to the present

A

the population quadrupled from 1930 to the present

25
Q

Do rising carbon dioxide levels effect all of the levels of the atmosphere in the same way

26
Q

Is the troposphere getting hotter or colder

A

it is getting hotter

27
Q

Are the layers above the troposphere getting hotter or colder

A

the layers above it are getting colder

28
Q

What happens when difference parts of the atmosphere heat up and cool down

A

it causes problems

29
Q

What must we look at to understand the releasing of greenhouse gasses into the environment by humans

A

Human social and political history

30
Q

When did people become aware of the consquences of burning fossil fuels

A

After mechanisms for extracting and burning fossil fuels were developed

31
Q

Eunice Newton Foote

A

mid nineth century scientist (1819- 88)

32
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What Eunice Newton Foote argue

A

She argued that the atmosphere water vapor and carbon dioxide could interact with solar rays to raise the temperature of the Earth