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bio final exam (chapter 9)

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Dr Sam's Favorite phytoplankton; bottom of the food chain   cocolithophore  
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what creates phytoplankton?   CO2  
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common uses of CO2   dry ice, fire extinguishers, soda  
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some air pollutants   methane,hydrogen sulfide, phosphoric acid, carbon dioxide  
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overall temperature with massive and permanent ramifications   climate change  
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how is clean, dry air divided?   mostly nitrogen and oxygen; a little argon, CO2, water vapor, and aerosols  
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minute particles and liquid droplets suspended into the air   aerosols  
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varies in thickness, 5 miles thick at equator, 75% of the mass of the atmosphere, energy gets redistributed by convection currents   troposphere  
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little to no water vapor, 1000 times more ozone than troposphere   stratosphere  
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levels of atmosphere?   thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, and troposphere (very clear boundaries  
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explain the greenhouse effect   absorbed energy is gradually re-emitted as lower quality heat energy  
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how did the process get the name greenhouse effect?   the atmosphere transmits sunlight while trapping heat, much like a greenhouse  
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a huge amount of stored energy contained in water vapor   latent heat  
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what is another name for Deuterium?   heavy hydrogen  
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forms of a single element that differ in atomic mass due to a different number of neutrons in the nucleus   isotopes  
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what causes catastrophic climate swings?   milankovitch cycles  
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periodic shifts in the earth's orbit and tilt   milankovitch cycles  
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who are milankovitch cyles named after?   Serbian scientist Milutin Milankovitch  
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what country gives of the lowest emissions of greenhouse?   Chad  
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name 3 types of evidence scientists have on climate change   permafrost is melting (never happened before); arctic sea is only half as thick as it was 30 years ago; Alpine glaciers are retreating rapidly  
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the level of ice underground that supports things like houses, roads, pipelines, and sewage systems   permafrost  
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the height of the seas with respect to a land benchmark, averaged over a period of time   local mean sea level  
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how high has the LMSL risen in the last 50 years   4 inches  
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a potentially endangered species living in the circumpolar north, on the arctic sea   polar bears  
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how do polar bears capture seals with the help of the ice?   the breaks in the ice make it easier for polar bears to determine where seals will surface for air  
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what species may boom if global warming increases?   insect species living in warmer areas due to higher metabolic rates and more reproduction  
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4 key elements to combat climate change   emissions trading, technology sharing, reduce deforestation, helping poorer countries to adapt  
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this treaty sets different limits for individual nations, depending on their output before 1990   kyoto protocol  
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3 ways to control greenhouse emissions   double fuel economy from 30 mpg to 60 mpg; cut average travel per car from 10,000 to 5,000 miles; update all building insulation, windows, and weather stripping to modern standards  
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consequences for breathing dirty air?   increased probability of heart attacks, respiratory diseases, and lung cancer  
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the injury caused by exposure to two factors together is more than the sum of exposure to each factor individually   synergistic effects  
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effects of air pollution   plants are sensitive to pollutants, smog and haze reduce visibility, acid deposition  
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the deposition of wet, acidic solutions or dry, acidic particles from the air   acid precipitation  
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