Climate Change

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Climate change is defined as a change in the average temperature over a period of at least

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3 decades

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Why can global warming be misleading?

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All areas of the Earth are not getting warmer every year.

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What are the main greenhouse gases?

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methane, water vapor, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide

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What happens to carbon taken in by the oceans from the atmosphere over time?

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It will become stored deep in sediments building reservoirs of carbon.

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What is the main reason sea levels are rising rapidly?
Options: melting sea ice, increase of water vapor in atmosphere, melting land ice, increase in floods

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melting land ice

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What are the biggest source(s) of atmospheric methane?

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livestock

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Gases in the Earth's troposphere retaining the infrared radiation and warming the Earth is referred to as:

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Greenhouse Effect

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Where does most nitrous oxide emissions come from?

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fertilizers

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What is the function of the Ozone Layer?

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It protects the surface of the Earth from the ultraviolet radiation

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Which gas(es) caused the thinning of the Ozone? Options: CO2, CFC, CH4, CO

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CFC