Climate change Greenhouse gases Cause of climate change Changes if climate change continues Solutions
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What is the difference between climate and weather?
weather refers to short-term changes in the atmosphere, climate describes what the weather is like over a long period of time in a specific area.
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What are the four main greenhouse gases
water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide
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How does humans energy use affect the climate?
the burning of fossil fuels like coal and oil which increases the concentration of carbon dioxide as the burning process combines carbon dioxide with oxygen in the air to create more CO2
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How will climate change affect humans if it continues?
extreme temperature spikes, such as heat waves, would increase significantly in frequency and severity, The air may hold more water vapor as its temperature rises
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What is a federal change that could help solve climate change?
Federal funding to make homes more energy efficient
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How is climate changing?
Climate change is changing because “Global temperatures rose about 1.8°F (1°C) from 1901 to 2020. Sea level rise has accelerated from 1.7 mm/year throughout most of the twentieth century to 3.2 mm/year since 1993. Glaciers are shrinking: average thickness of 30 well-studied glaciers has decreased more than 60 feet since 1980.”
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Where do these greenhouse gases come from?
Greenhouse gasses come from electricity, transporting vehicles, and manufacturing in factories.
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What human activities are a big cause of climate change?
the increase in greenhouse gasses correlates with human activities such as burning fossil fuels and the act of taking down forests for land to build fields and homes on. A portion of fossil fuels can be created just by the burning of fossil fuels like Carbon Dioxide and Nitrous Oxide. Methane is created through landfills, rice farming, and leaks from fossil fuel production. CFCs are not from nature, but rather it’s entirely from industrial origin, meaning humans create them.
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How will climate change affect animals if it continues?
some plants will start flowering sooner and some animals may widen their geographic range, and ocean animals living in arctic areas may see a drastic reduce in glaciers
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What change could we make with energy to help solve climate change?
Use more renewable energy sources
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What is climate?
Climate is the conditions of the weather prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.
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What is the ozone layer?
The ozone layer is a layer within the stratosphere and the second layer of the atmosphere
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What is a big cause of climate change that isn’t through human activity?
Volcanic eruptions
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What will happen if sea levels continue to rise
Millions of individuals will be harmed by sea level rise because over 40% of Americans reside in coastal regions. Roads, bridges, water supply, and other coastal infrastructure are all at risk.
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What is a renewable resource?
A resource that continues to exist even as it’s used
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How is our climate different than the past?
Much higher temperature and other things such as sea rise acceleration
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What is the ozone layers role in the atmosphere?
absorb the harmful UltraViolet rays that sun projects onto earth.
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What are some other leading causes of climate change not related to human activity?
Ocean currents, solar variations, and internal variability
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How will human stock change?
Existing changes will be challenging to manage, even though farmers and researchers may be able to adapt some agricultural processes and technologies or invent new ones.
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What is a non renewable resource?
A resource that cannot be readily replaced at speed which consumed
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How do we know what the earths climate was 100k+ years ago?
Many things such as ice cores, fossils and glaciers
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What is a positive feedback loop?
Positive feedback is a process that occurs in a feedback loop which exacerbates the effects of a small disturbance
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Why does volcanic eruption cause climate change?
Volcanoes release carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases when they erupt, which can lead to climate warming if the input of CO2 to the atmosphere is sufficiently large.
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In near future what is a severe change that could happen due to climate change?
A big change would be eventually the world would become inhabitable for many life forms including humans
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If climate change is more worried about and more things are done to fix it what will happen?
The temperatures and other bad effects of climate change will go back to previous levels and ultimately the world should not fear in habitation






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