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Which atmospheric component does not contribute to global warming?

N2

Neither n2 or o2 are greenhouse gases because

Their overall electric charge distribution does not change when they vibrate

What international agreement attempted to reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
Kyoto protocol

The greenhouse and enhanced greenhouse effects refer to the return of approximately_ % & greater than _% of the heat radiated by earth

80 & 80

What plays the most important role in greenhouse effect

Energy radiated by the earth is absorbed by the atmosphere

Greenhouse effect refers to the process by which

Atmospheric games trap and return infrared radiation radiated by earth

What would be the temperature on earth in the absence of the effects of carbon dioxide and water

-18°

The most abundant greenhouse gas in earth's atmosphere is

H20 vapor

Where is most of the carbon stored on earth?

In the form of fossil fuels and carbonate minerals

What is the yearly change in the carbon dioxide concentration in the earth's atmosphere

+1.5ppm

Approximately what is the highest concentration of c02 measured in earth's atmosphere

400 ppm

Difference between Greenhouse Effect vs. Global Warming
Greenhouse efect is the NATURAL process of gases being trapped a major portion of infared radiation radiated by earth

Global Warming is used to describe the increase in average global temperatures that results from greenhouse effect
What are consequnces of CLimate Change?
-Rise in sea levels
-Increase in average relative humidity
-Increase in forest growth in Northern Hemisphere
-Weakening of ocean currents
Difference between isotopes and allotropes?
Isotopes- 2 or more forms of the same element
Allotropes- two or more different physical forms in which an element can exist

Allotropes are elements on the periodic table that have more than one crystalline form . There are three forms of the element carbon : Diamond, Graphite, and Fullerenes. Isotopes are atoms of the same element with the same atomic number but have a different mass number
The 2007 reprt of Inergovernmental Panel on Climate chagne says the main factor that is causing warning is from what?
human-Caused emmisions