Part 4 Flashcards
The average atmospheric conditions over a long period of time
climate
The average atmospheric conditions over a short period of time
weather
____ ozone is bad because it can damage living tissue
Tropospheric
Which of these preventative strategies could reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
-Use renewable resources
-Practice sustainable agriculture
-Plant trees
A weather condition that occurs when a layer of cold air becomes trapped under a layer of warm air in the troposphere is a_______
temperature inversion
The farther you are from the equator, temperatures ________
decrease
An increase in greenhouse gases can lead to an ______ in temperature
increase
The settling out of atmospheric acids onto land
acid deposition
Smog that forms when soot combines with sulfur compounds and water droplets in the air
industrial smog
Smog that forms when UV light from the sun react with pollutants in the air
photochemical smog
A mixture of air pollutants that may form over urban areas
smog
An international treaty that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Kyoto Protocol
An international treaty that governs research on the only continent that does not have a native population
Antarctic Treaty System
The “no regrets” strategy advocates reducing ______emissions today to improve present-day life even if disastrous climate changes does not occur in the future
greenhouse
caused by humans
anthropogenic
