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Explain why Earth's atmosphere is like the glass in a greenhouse
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Sunlight streams through the atmosphere and heats the Earth. as the heat radiates up from Earth's surface, some of it escapes into space and the rest of the heat is absorbed by gases in the troposphere and then warms the air.
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Explain why carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is increasing
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Carbon dioxide is increasing in the atmosphere from more people using cars and burning fossil fuels
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Explain one theory for why Earth's climate is becoming warmer
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One theory is Global warming, from the fums coming out of the cars which is burning fossil fuel.
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Name some of the possible consequences of warmer earth
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Forests could shrink in the wamer part of their range and lose diversity, may shift the geographical range of some animals, warming in the surface waters of the ocean may cause a reduction of zooplankton, then reduce some animals that feed on zooplankton, warming the tropical waters might kill algae that nourish corals and then killing coral reefs.
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