Earth's Changing Climate*

What is the process of burning fossil fuels that produces heat and for many, carbon dioxide?

• Heat

• Deposition

• Combustion

• Climate Chane

Which of the following would be considered a human activity impacting the Earth System? Select All the apply

• Reading a Book

• Clear cutting (removing) 100 acres of forest land

• Shutting down a coal burning power plant

• Shoveling snow with a hand shovel

———————- human activities such as combustion —————————- carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere

• increased, increased

• increased, decreased

• Decreased, increased

• Decreased, decreased

Weather conditions prevailing in an area in general over a long period of time.

• Atmosphere

• Fluctuation

• Climate Change

• Climate

Which two gases (when increased) cause an increase in temperature and energy absorbed and a decrease in ice?

• Sulfur Dioxide and Methane

• Nitrogen Dioxide and Sulfur Dioxide

• Methane and Carbon Dioxide

• Carbon Dioxide and Nitrogen

How does the amount of Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere change when forest cover increased?

• Increased

• Decreased

• No change

What can humans do to remove methane from the atmosphere?

• Use bikes and public transit

• Capture methane from cows

• Capture carbon dioxide at power plants

• Reforestation

What can humans do to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

• Solar Power

• Use bikes and public transit

• Capture methane from cows

• Reforestation

The global average temperature increases if more energy is absorbed by Earth's surface.

• True

• False

If the global average temperature increases, ice will increase.

• True

• False