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| Name some ways that climate change data can be gathered for the present day. |
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| Weather satellites, individual measurement stations using instrements to take readings. |
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| Name some ways that climate change data can be gathered for periods a long time in the past. |
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| Ice cores, pollen grain analysis, tree ring dating (dendrochronology) |
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| Name the four main "spheres" |
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| Atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, biosphere. |
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| IN each of the spheres, what form is carbon in? |
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Atmosphere - CO2 gas
Hydosphere - CO2 dissolved.
Lithosphere - minerals (coal)
Biosphere - living tissue. |
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| What processes add CO2 to the atmosphere? |
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Definition
| Burning fossil fuels, industrial processes, deforestation, agriculture. |
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| What processes remove CO2 from the atmosphere? |
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| Photosynthesis, solution in water. |
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| A hotter object releases radiaton with a longer wavelength than a cooler object. |
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Definition
False -
Hot = short wavelength + more radiation.
Cool - longer wavelength + less radiation. |
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| What three things can happen to radiation when it strikes an object? |
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Definition
| It can be reflected, transmitted or absorbed. |
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| What gases absorb infared radiation? |
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Definition
CO2, water vapour, methane.
(Oxygen and nitogen don't) |
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