Climate change chemistry

What is the Greenhouse Affect?

• As carbon dioxide concentrations increase, temperatures increase

• Condition that is caused by carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor trapping heat in the Earth's atmosphere

• causes sea levels to rise because it adds water to the ocean.

• The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.

Which of the following events would be MOST likely to add Greenhouse Gases to the atmosphere?

• Hurricane

• Tsunami

• Forest Fire

• Ecological Succession

The following are Greenhouse Gases:

• Carbon Dioxide

• Methane

• Salt

• Phosphorus

• Water vapor

Why is Carbon Dioxide considered to be a Greenhouse Gas?

• It is a combination of natural and human forces

• It has a biogeochemical cycle

• It is a type of weather that occurs during a particular season

• It absorbs and reradiates infrared radiation to warm the Earth

Scientists believe that rising CO2 levels will have what effect on Earth.....

What is one way volcanic eruptions can effect climate?

• When a volcano errupts, secondary succession begins

• Lava is hot which makes the community hotter

• Ash blocks sunlight, causing temperatures to drop

Increasing quantities of CO₂ (Carbon Dioxide) in the atmosphere will cause air temperatures to be _____. 

• warmer
• cooler

Climate change causes extreme weather conditions such as:

• Flooding
• Heat Waves
• Hurricanes
• All of the above

Which human activity contributes the MOST carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?

• Fishing
• Breathing
• Burning Fossil Fuels
• Farming

Possible human solutions for limiting global warming and climate change are...

• being more energy-efficient

• using renewable sources of energy

• removing carbon from fossil fuel emissions

• all of the above