Climate Change Vocab Review

System

• A place where something is collected or stored, like a lake storing water or a forest storing carbon.

• Pieces of technology that function together make a computer work.

• A group of connected parts that do not work together to perform any function

• A group of connected parts that work together to perform a specific function

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Reservoir

• A place where Carbon is collected or stored.

• Carbon repeating in a predictable pattern.

• How Carbon is moved from place to place.

• The only place Carbon exists.

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Process

• A place where Carbon is collected or stored.

• Carbon repeating in a predictable pattern.

• How Carbon is moved from place to place.

• The only place Carbon exists.

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This element is a basic building block of life. It is formed in supergiants, and found in all living things and the atmosphere.

• Methane

• Carbon

• Carbon Dioxide

• Water Vapor

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One of the most significant greenhouse gases. This molecule contains carbon and oxygen. It is important for photosynthesis.

• Methane

• Carbon

• Carbon Dioxide

• Water Vapor

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Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?

• Methane

• Carbon

• Carbon Dioxide

• Water Vapor

The measurement (between 0 and 1) of how reflective a surface is

• Albedo

• Reflectance

• Keeling Curve

• Alfredo

Which of the following has the HIGHEST albedo?

• Asphalt

• Ocean Water

• Snow

• Carbon

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Having a low albedo means what?

• Light energy is reflected

• Light energy is absorbed

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A cause and effect cycle within a system

• Feedback Loop

• Cause and Effect

• Carbon Cycle

• Process

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