Unit 9 : Global Change

an anthropogenic greenhouse gas that breaks apart Ozone in the stratosphere

• Carbon Dioxide
• Hydrocarbons
• Methane
• Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-6

A global agreement to phase CFCs out of production in refrigerators, aerosols and other uses

• The Clean Air Act
• Kyoto Protocol
• Paris Accords
• Montreal Protocol (1987)

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

The trapping of the sun's warmth in a planet's lower atmosphere

• Milankovitch Cycles
• Ice Age
• Global Warming
• The Greenhouse Effect

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

A measure of how much light is reflected back from a surface

• Thermocline
• Specific Heat Capacity
• Reflectivity
• Albedo

Measure of how much a given molecule of gas can contribute to the warming of the atmosphere over a 100 year period, relative to CO2

• Milankovitch Cycles
• Ice Age
• The Greenhouse Effect
• Global Warming Potential (GWP)

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

NGSS.HS-ESS3-6

The predictable, collective effects of changes in the Earth's movements on its climate over thousands of years

• The Darwin Delimma
• Global Warming Potential (GWP)
• The Greenhouse Effect
• Milankovitch Cycles

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Water molecules move further apart when they're heated

• Thermocline
• Specific Heat Capacity
• Albedo
• Thermal Expansion

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance one degree

• Thermocline
• Thermal Expansion
• Albedo
• Specific Heat Capacity

A layer within a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth

• Specific Heat Capacity
• Reflectivity
• Albedo
• Thermocline

When some types of algae degrade and release algal toxins that can be harmful to aquatic and human life

• Anoxic Waterways
• Hypoxic Waterways
• Eutrophication
• Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB)

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4