climate change Flashcards
1
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Components of Earth’s climate system
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Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Lithosphere, Biosphere
air, water, ice, land, living things
2
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Sources of methane gas
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cattle waste, cattle digestion and excretion
3
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List greenhouse gases (5)
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- Water Vapour; H2O
- Carbon dioxide; CO2
- Methane; CH4
- Tropospheric ozone; O3
- nitrous oxide; N2O
4
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Define anthropogenic
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Changes caused and influenced by humans, directly or indirectly
5
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list and describe two pieces of evidence that demonstrates Earth’s climate system is definitely changing
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-the melting of glaciers, ice sheets and sea ice. this is leading to rising sea levels and as the water warms, the volume of water is expanding
- changes in severe weather. heat waves and hurricanes are becoming more lethal and they have become stronger due to warmer ocean temperatures.
-change in precipitation
