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List the Atmospheric Layers in order!
Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, and Exosphere
Name a factor that causes Earth's global temperature to increase.
Burning Fossil Fuels, Car Exhaust, Coal Factories, Burning trees, etc
List 3 Greenhouse gases.
Carbon Dioxide, Methane, Water Vapor, Nitrous Oxide.
How is the Greenhouse Effect beneficial to life on Earth?
It maintains Earth's temperature so it doesn't get to cold.
Without the Greenhouse Effect, Earth's Atmosphere would be _____ to support life.
TO COLD
What are the 2 must abundant gases in Earth's Atmosphere?
Nitrogen and Oxygen
How might humans REDUCE Greenhouse Gases?
use less Fossil Fuels, or Use more Renewable Resources, or Plant Trees
How does the Greenhouse Effect work?
Greenhouse gases TRAP in heat from the Sun.
What does the picture represent?
Greenhouse Gases Trapping in Solar Energy.
What does UV, in UV Rays, stand for?
Ultraviolet
What does the ozone do?
ABSORBS UV Rays from the Sun.
What do UV Rays do to humans?
Give us Sunburn.
Name 4 Renewable Resources.
Wind, Solar, Geothermal, Hydropower, Tidal, (sometimes Biomass)
Name 4 Nonrenewable Resources.
Oil, Coal, Natural Gas, Nuclear, (sometimes Biomass)
Name the 3 Fossil Fuels.
Oil, Coal, Natural Gas
Explain how wood is considered a Renewable Resource.
As long as you replant the trees it is Renewable.
