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What categories can climate changes be
divided into?
Natural and man created
TERM 2
Name four natural causes for climate change.
DEFINITION 2
Continental drift, Volcanoes,Earths tilt, Ocean currents.
TERM 3
What is the Earth made up of?
DEFINITION 3
Plates and continents
TERM 4
T/F Gas and dust particles can partially block
incoming rays of sun
DEFINITION 4
True
TERM 5
What is the upper level of the atmosphere
called?
DEFINITION 5
Stratosphere
T/F Earth makes two full orbits around the sun
each year.
False
TERM 7
How does earth's tilt affect the severity of the
seasons?
DEFINITION 7
More tilt warmer summers and winters.Less tilt means cooler
summers and milder winters.
TERM 8
Precession
DEFINITION 8
Gradual change in direction of Earths axis.
TERM 9
% of Earth cover by ocean? a.75%
b.71%
DEFINITION 9
b.71%
TERM 10
Energy sector is responsible for about __of the
CO2 a.2/4 b.3/
DEFINITION 10
b.3/
Founder of Peak oil theory
M. King Hubbert
TERM 17
Renewable energy
DEFINITION 17
Energy that come from resources which are naturally
replenish on a human time scale
TERM 18
Example of a renewable energy
DEFINITION 18
Sun light
TERM 19
The Ozone Layer
DEFINITION 19
The ozone layer or ozone shield is a region of Earth's
stratosphere that absorbs most of the Sun's ultraviolet
radiation.
TERM 20
Name consequences of mercury
contamination and nitrogen fertilization
DEFINITION 20
Affect aquatic and terrestrial animalAffect nervous system
particularly of fetus
What are the effects of climate variability on
the biological system?
Heat and heat waves (illness ,death)Increases in mortality
TERM 22
The Ozone Hole
DEFINITION 22
A discontinuous area in the ozone layer
TERM 23
Carbon Cycle
DEFINITION 23
The carbon cycle is the biogeochemical cycle by which
carbon is exchanged among the biosphere, pedosphere,
geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere of the Earth.
TERM 24
Biodisel
DEFINITION 24
Made fromvegetable oils and animal fats
TERM 25
Non-renewable energy
DEFINITION 25
Resource that does not renew itself at a sufficient rate for
sustainable economic extraction in meaningful human time-
frames.
Vulnerability Assessments is a post-disaster
measure
False
TERM 32
Name the five Pre-event
measures
DEFINITION 32
a.Nitigation of Natural Hazardb.Preparation for Natural
Disasterc.Natural Hazard Assessmentsd.Vulnerability
Assessmentse.Risk Assessments
TERM 33
Name Post-disaster
measures
DEFINITION 33
Post disaster measuresEducation and Training Activities
TERM 34
Non structural mitigation
measures
DEFINITION 34
Limiting land useTax incentivesEminent domain
TERM 35
What are the two levels of preparedness that
can be identified
DEFINITION 35
Public safety informationHazard awareness planning
