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Flashcards by lkfollower99, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by lkfollower99
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| Question | Answer |
| Industrial Revolution | (1) late 1700's - early 1900's (2) originated Britain (3) introduced machinery > laborious work (4) animal > human labor (5) widespread use of mineral resources (6) concentration workers factories/mills/mines (7) fast transport (8) Emergence of middle class |
| Atmosphere | •Envelope gases – surround Earth •80% Nitrogen + 20% Oxygen •Traces other gases |
| Lithosphere | •Rigid outermost shell – Earth •Crust + upper mantle •2 types: oceanic + continental •Broken into tectonic plates |
| Hydrosphere | •Liquid water component – Earth •Oceans, lakes, rivers •70% Earth surface •Habitat – many plants + animals |
| Troposphere | •Region > atmosphere •Extends 6 – 10 km above surface •Lowest densest Earth atmosphere •Weather changes •Temperature decreases > altitude |
| Carbon Cycle | •Circulation + transformation of carbon •Between living things + environment •Carbon = element •Can’t be broken – simpler substance •Carbon compounds present: •Living: Plants & animals •Non-living: rocks & soil |
| Weather | •State atmosphere •Particular place •Heat, cloud, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain etc. |
| Climate | •Weather conditions > area •General / long period •Temperature, air pressure, •humidity, precipitation, •Sunshine, cloudiness + winds •Year > average series years |
| Climate Change | •Long-term change climate •Increase atmospheric temperature |
| Carbon Trade | •Trade polluting rights (individual companies) •Regulatory system (cap + trade) •Pollute less > sell unused pollution |
| IPCC | •Intergovernmental panel > C.C •Scientific body UN - 1988 est. •Report: scientific/technical/socio-economic •Risk of human-induce C.C •Impacts + adaptations/mitigation |
| OPEC | OPEC is a cartel that aims to manage the supply of oil in an effort to set the price of oil of the world market, in order the world market, in order to avoid fluctuations that might affect the economies of both producing and purchasing countries. |
| Kyoto Protocol | The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty, which extends the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits State Parties to reduce greenhouse gases emissions, based on the premise that (a) global warming exists and (b) man-made CO2 emissions have caused it. |
| El Nino | Is an irregularly occurring and complex series of climatic changes affecting the equatorial Pacific region and beyond every four to seven years, characterized by the appearance of unusually warm, nutrient-poor water off northern Peru and Ecuador, typically in late December. The effects of El Niño include reversal of wind patterns across the Pacific, drought in Australasia, and unseasonal heavy rain in South America. |
| La Nina | Is a cooling of the water in the equatorial Pacific, which occurs at irregular intervals, and is associated with widespread changes in weather patterns complementary to those of El Niño, but less extensive and damaging in their effects. For example, in Australia there is significantly more rainfall. |
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