Changing Climayes geo Flashcards

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What is the difference between the greenhouse effect and the enhanced greenhouse effect

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The difference is that we now believe that some of the greenhouse gases are being released by humans by using cars and not conserving energy

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In what ways are humans enhancing the greenhouse effect

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By using cars not turning off your light when you’re not using them always using your AC by not recycling

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What are the three greenhouse gases

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Carbon dioxide meathen and nitrous oxide

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Historic natural changes

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Volcanic eruptions: volcanos release green house gasses in creasing temp big eruption decrease temp
The sun spot: when the sun has more spots it will release more solor energy
Changes in ocean currents: move heat around the earth if they change direction it will change the temp:
Orbaital theory: shape tilt wobble
changed the amount of sunlight
Catastrophic events: same as volcanic

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Negative effects of global warming

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More frequent storms and hurricanes the temperature rises that might be an increase of rainfall which would also drown vegetables

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Positive effects of global warming

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Dryer places would get more water which meant that they could grow more crops and make them healthyUK summer tors and increases so people get more jobs and money for the country

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How can having rainfall be good and bad

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Having a rainfall will increase sea level rise and it impacts. Which would drown vegetation which will have a glass of food lots of jobs and a loss of people but it will also give people more will chat some more people survive and animals can keep cool so they can survive as well

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What can we do to step down global warming

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We can take bikes not cars we can recycle our trash we can conserve electricity OpenWindows get insulation and use less water

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What is the green house effect

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The greenhouse effect is a process by which thermal radiation from a planetary surface is absorbed by atmospheric greenhouse gases, and is re-radiated in all directions.

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