Climate Change

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How does the Carbon Cycle naturally move carbon on earth?

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All of these processes move carbon

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How do humans release CO2 into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels?

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Burning coal, natural gas, and oil

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How does human activity contribute to climate change by heating up the earth?

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Raising CO2 levels in the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution

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Why is the greenhouse effect important to us?

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All of these

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What is the greenhouse effect?

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The trapping of warmth in the atmosphere due to greenhouse gasses

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What are greenhouse gasses?

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Certain gases in the atmosphere block heat from escaping

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What could cause the climate of a planet to change?

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Volcanic ash from a huge eruption blocking sunlight and cooling the planet, and an increase in Greenhouse Gasses.

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What evidence do we have that the climate is changing?

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Increased global temperatures, Glaciers and arctic ice are melting, Sea level is rising