Global Change

What happens during Ozone Depletion?

• Ozone layer is simply diminishing

• The Ozone Depletion gradually gets smaller

• Has major effects on Ozone

• One Chlorine Atom destroys less than 800 Ozone

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What is the "Greenhouse Effect"

• The growing of plants

• Makes temperatures wonky on Earth

• Trapping of the sun’s heat in the atmosphere

• Gases that cause the atmosphere to trap necessary products in there

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What is the correct definition for “Global Climate Change”?

• Raising temperatures around the world

• Unexpected weather affecting regions where it is not supposed to

• A short-term change in the atmospheric conditions around the world

• Change in the long-term weather patterns that are specific to different regions

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Ocean acidification is the ongoing decrease in the pH of what?

• Earth's Ocean

• Earth's Rivers

• Earth's Lakes

• The Jersey Shore

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What is an endangered species?

• A species that is no longer alive

• A species that lives in an environment they are supposed to be living in

• A species dangerously close to extinction

• A species that is being harmed by their surroundings

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Which of the following sets of evidence supports global warming?

• CO2 levels rising

• Sea Levels rising

• Glacier size decreasing

• All of the Above

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If the ice caps continue to melt, then there is less albedo at the poles.  This process will continue to melt more ice and have less albedo.  This is an example of a...

• fruit loops

• loop di loop

• negative feedback loop

• positive feedback loop

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Higher temperatures cause more evaporation which leads to more water vapor in the atmosphere. Water vapor is a greenhouse gas so will trap more heat so the atmosphere will warm more.

• Positive Feedback

• Negative Feedback

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Why is the increase of Greenhouse gasses a big issue?

• It causes an increase in the global average temperatures which leads to climate change.

• It leads to more factories

• It causes a major decrease in people

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Which one of the choices below is NOT a  cause for global warming?

• Having too many cows

• Burning Fossil Fuels

• Planting new trees

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