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Worksheet time: 30mins
Why is the ozone layer important and how was it created?
The ozone layer is important because it limits the layers of the armosphere, it was created because of the density of the gases that allowed the oxygen to become O3
The ozone layer is important because it avoids harmful sun rays to pass to the surface of the earth, it was created because of the reaction of oxygen with uv rays
The ozone layer is important because it avoids harmful sun rays to pass to the surface of the earth, it was created by chemical processes in the first living microorganisms and chemical processes in the atmosphere
What is this?
Evidence
Model
Theory
Experiment
How can we read this type of ice core?
The ice contains water molecules for ancient times. this molecules allows us to create models based on the quantity of water present in another period of time
This is useful to create models based on how the gases trapped inside have changed over time
This ice can measure the ratio of water and ice present on the surface of the Antarctic
The gases trapped inside are useful to create models to understand and predict the ratio of water and ice present on the earth surface
The greenhouse effect is caused by:
Solar radiation is absorbed by the Earth’s surface and transferred to the atmosphere.
The Earth emits infrared radiation, some of which is absorbed and re-radiated by some gases in the atmosphere
The concentration of carbon dioxide and water vapor in the atmosphere
The quantity of radiation re-emitted by earth is mostly given to the outer space
The rays coming from the sun have larger wavelengths and area immediately trapped by the greenhouse gases
Is this sentence correct?
The balance between absorbed and emitted radiation results in a surface temperature that makes life possible
No, it creates greenhouse gases that eventually will generate too much heat for life
Yes,the emitted radiation to the outer space should be higher than the one staying in the earth
No, life could have been evolved without the greenhouse gases that trap the heat in the earth
yes, the emitted radiation to the outer space should be as low as possible so most of the heat stays inside to make life possible
These are some evidence we have to deduce the change of gases in the atmosphere over long periods of time
Fossils
Sea level
Pollen
Rocks
Solar magnetic field
These are some data that give us ideas on how the atmosphere has changed over time
Concentration of salt in rocks
Concentration of iron in rocks
Presence of pollen in some places
Presence of some fossils
Temperature on ice cores
Do we have enough scientific evidence to state that the increase of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere was generated by humans?
yes, ice cores, rocks, and fossils have given us enough data to support the idea of the correlation between the temperature and the concentration of gases, specially after the industrial revolution
yes, ice cores, rocks, and fossils have given us enough data to support the idea of climate chage without any type of uncertainty in the data collected
Yes, after the industrial revolution, there was an increment of the usage of fossil fuels. The climate itself is an accurate evidence.
No, the solar radiation, the different climate change periods over long periods of time, tell us there is not sufficient evidence to argue that we're responsible of such change
No, the industrial revolution is not sufficient evidence to state whether we are responsible of the climate change. Besides, all the uncertainty generated by the data collected, make the data unstable, leading us to make more questions to solve this debate
True or not?
There are several greenhouse gases, each with a different contribution to global warming
True
Wrong
The more temperature makes the ocean water to heat up. It changes the solubilities of gases in water. how? clue... the more temperature in liquids (a)
If the temperature of the atmosphere keeps increasing, the solubility of gases in the oceans will change.
how?
The oceans will increase the amount of gases, because the solubility increases the more temperature there is.
The oceans will decrease the quantity of gases because most of them are going to be used by oceanic life
The oceans wil increase the amount of gases because the more temperature and the more movement in the surface of the ocean (waves) lets the oxygen and other gases to dissolve better
The oceans will decrease the amount of gases because the more temperature, the less solubility of gases in the oceans, leaving the oceanic life with less gases
Marcos, from sixth grade wants to make an experiment. He wants to recreate the greenhouse gasses effect inside a tank. He is going to close the tank with plastic, illuminate it with a light bulb and then generating this heat inside the tank. What would you recommend him not to put inside the tank in order for the greenhouse effect affects the most?
plants
animals
water (like a little lake inside the tank)
insects and bateria on the soil
What does the barometer measure?
(a)
Can we use the barometer to predict the weather?
Yes
No
Why do we have different layers in the atmosphere?
Temperature
Pressure
Density
Types of gases
What does the uv light reaction with different gases in the atmosphere produce?
(a)
Mostly the concentration of the atmosphere gas on earth is made out of Nitrogen
Correct
Incorrect
Do other planets have atmosphere?
Yes
No
According to the image, which is the place with more ice melting nowadays?
Greenland
Global glaciers
The Coriollis effect can explain:
Weather patterns
Cyclones and hurricanes
Temperature and pressure of atmosphere
Concentration of gases
Do we usually use the barometer nowadays?
yes, we have technological devices that tell us the weather
yes, we have technological devices that read the air pressure
No, the barometer used to be useful to read the atmosphere pressure
No, the barometer is an old technological device.
Which layer of the atmosphere has meteors?
troposphere
stratosphere
mesosphere
thermosphere
Which layer of the atmosphere has weather?
troposphere
stratosphere
mesosphere
thermosphere
How do scientists obtain ice cores?
They drill them out of the ground of cold areas
They freeze water samples collected from warm areas
They freeze water samples that they create using carbon injection
They just find them
Which areas produce the most ice cores?
Antarctica
Greenland
Tall Mountains
China
The United States
What is the oldest data point on the graph? (Click on the picture to zoom)
100,000 years ago
200,000 years ago
400,000 years ago
800,000 years ago
1,600,000 years ago
