global warming
Science is a body of knowledge that goes back to
Humankind beginnings
What is a hydrocarbon?
Hydrogen and carbon
What will happen when the Oceanic conveyor belt stops due to Global Warming?
Ice age will start
If there were no natural greenhouse effect, Earth's average global temperature would be about
-18 C
If there were no natural greenhouse effect Earth's average global temperature would be about?
-18 degrees
Suppose that the air has reached its dew point . The relative humidity is?
100%
How is the atomshphere like a florists greenhouse?
Both trap long-wave electronmagnetic radiation
What is the predominant gas in the atmosphere of Mars
Carbon dioxide
The ocean current called the Gulf Stream
Carries cold water from the Gulf of Mexico to North America
The ocean current called the Gulf Stream
Carries heat from Gulf of Mexico to North America & Europe
The ocean current called the Gulf stream
Carries heat from the Gulf of Mexico to North America
The forecast says a warm front is approaching. What occurs while the warm front is in town?
Cloudy with possible precipitation.
You feel uncomfortably warm on a muggy day because water
Condensing on your skin
What is the scientific name for the dark, tall, puffy clouds indicating thunderstorm?
Cumulonimbus clouds
Daylight and nighttime hours are equal
During the equinoxes
Radioactivity is a tendency for an element or material to
Emit radiation
What is the likely source of methane in Mars atmosphere?
Evaporation from the lakes, passed human activity, and cows
The predominant gas in the atmosphere of Earth is nitrogen. Nitrogen is NOT a greenhouse gas.
False
Moist air blows across warm water to cooler areas inland. What might this produce?
Fog
The air that blows across warm water to colder areas inland. What might this produce?
Fog
The scientific method is a method for
Gaining new knowledge
The temperature to which air must be cooled for saturation to occur is called
Its dew point
An air mass that contains warm, moist air is a
Maritime Tropical air mass
We take out carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store mainly
Oceans
Carbon dioxide is mainly store from the atmosphere into the
Oceans rocks and coral
A sea breeze is a local wind that blows at night from a region.
Over the ocean toward land.
Wind is due to
Pressure differences in the atmosphere
Limestone is made up of
Shell fragments from marine animals
Sitting in the car, with the air conditioner, at idle speed; carbon footprint increases by
Using energy to sing to the radio, air conditioner and gas
The Coriolis Effect turns
Wind and Ocean currents
Florida is primarily made of the rock limestone: Limestone is a sink fro carbon with
80% of the carbon containing rocks
What are the Milankovitch Cycles?
Procession, Obliquity, and eccentricity
We travel in our car at twice the speed to get to university in half the time. Energy will
Quadruple and increase our miles per gallon
As the temperature rises, how does this affect relative humidity?
Relative humidity decreases as temperature rises.
Cyclones are areas of low pressure. They are associated with
Rough weather
The underlying cause of weather is that heat flows from
Warm regions to cold regions
Air pressure is due to the
Weight of overlaying air