Global Warming Notes

Front 1

What helps generate IR absorbing gases?

Back 1

human activity

Front 2

Has the concentration of IR absorbing gases increased or decreased?

Back 2

increased

Front 3

What will the concentration of IR gases lead to?

Back 3

problematic global warming

Front 4

4 Things Happen to Sun's Radiation:

Back 4

1. atmosphere reflects light
2. light absorbed by molecules in upper atmosphere
3. light stored as chemical energy
4. light absorbed by surface of earth and re-emitted as IR light

Front 5

2 Things Happen to Re-emitted Light:

Back 5

1. IR light escapes atmosphere
2. IR light absorbed by molecules in atmosphere and converted into heat

Front 6

Heating Capacity:

Back 6

(amount of energy..heat) / (mass of molecule)

Front 7

5 Reasons Atmospheric CO2 is Increasing:

Back 7

1. fossil fuel combustion
2. emissions from changes in tropical land use
3. volcanoes
4. respiration
5. others: deforestation, thawing of ice, increase in human population

Front 8

Human Population and _____ concentration increase in proportion to one another

Back 8

CO2

Front 9

Permafrost Melting will Release...

Back 9

trapped CO2

Front 10

As Concentration of Certain Atmospheric Gases increases...(5)

Back 10

1. Average earth temperature increases
2. weather patterns change
3. temperate regions become deserts
4. polar ice caps melt
5. coastal regions flood