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21 Cards in this Set
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The number one greenhouse gas is.....
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water
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The standard greenhouse gas, and the one giving us the most problem is...
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carbon dioxide
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The greenhouse gas from wetlands, landfills, leaky pipes, and cows is...
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methane
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The greenhouse gas that's about 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide is....
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methane
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The new greenhouse gas that's up to 18000 times more potent than carbon dioxide is....
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SF5CF3
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The greenhouse gas from fertilizers, car exhaust, is...
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nitrous oxide
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The more the polar ice melts the _____ the reflection of sunlight back to space.
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less
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The less reflection of light back to space, the ____ the planet will get.
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warmer
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Which reflects light better, water or ice?
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ice
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The reflectvitity of the earth is called....
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albedo
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Lots of cloud cover can cause.... because of the increased albedo.
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global cooling
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Volcanoes put a lot of sulfate particles in the air which tends to cause global.....
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cooling
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Long term monitoring of carbon dioxide has been in the Pacific Ocean because....
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It was far away from human interference
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There is an up and down fluctuation of carbon dioxide on the planet because...
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the seasons of growth and non-growth of plants in the N. hemisphere consume carbon dioxide at different rates.
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The majority of land is in the ____ hemisphere which contains more plants to absorb carbon dioxide.
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Northern
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The greenhouse gas that is also a serious stratospheric ozone depleter is....
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CFC's
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The organization that monitors our global warming problem is....
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the IPCC
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The IPCC stands for....
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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If the ocean conveyor belt stops, then we could plunge quickly into an.....
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Ice Age
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There is a natural cycling of Ice Ages, caused by the....
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precession of the earth.
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When we are not so sure of a potential problem situation, it is often wise to follow the _____ principle
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precautionary
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