APES global warming unit

Question 1

greenhouse

Answer 1

water vapor
carbon dioxide
methan CH4
nitrous oxide N2O

Question 2

what causes an increase in greenhouse gases

Answer 2

burning fossil fuels (co2 n ch4)
clearing and burning forests (co2 and n2o)
planting rise n inorganic fetilizers (n2o)

plants emmit methane

Question 3

countries

Answer 3

US largest emmitter
china
urope

china greatest rate of increase

Question 4

kyoto protocol

Answer 4

reduce emission of greenhouse hasses

Question 5

upwellings

Answer 5

the upward movement of ocean water toward the surface as the result of diverging currents

Question 6

carbon sequestation

Answer 6

the removal and storage of carbon from the atmosphere in carbon sinks (such as oceans, forests or soils) through biochemical processes.

Question 7

halons

Answer 7

A compound’s ability to destroy ozone depends on many factors, including the amount of chlorine and/or bromine that it contains. To aid in comparing compounds, scientists have developed a relative scale called the ozone depletion potential (ODP). Common refrigerants, like those found in refrigerators and in automobile air conditioners, have been assigned the value 1 as a reference.

Question 8

carbon tetrachloride

Answer 8

It was formerly widely used in fire extinguishers, as a precursor to refrigerants, and as a cleaning agent.

Question 9

uv-b

Answer 9

burns the surface skin

cancer

Question 10

basal cell carcinoma

Answer 10

most common, doesn’t spread as much

Question 11

melanomia

Answer 11

develope from melanocytes

Question 12

uv a

Answer 12

longest wave
deepest-dermis
tanning

Question 13

montreal protocol

Answer 13

is an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances that are responsible for ozone depletion