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How can scientists study temperature levels from before people had thermometers?  They use ice cores to study the changes in temperature and CO2 levels.

How do cloulds affect the Earth's temperature?  High thin clouds reflect infrared energy back into the atmospher causing a warming effect.  Low clouds reflect solar radiation and cause a cooling effect.

Give an example of positive feedback as it relates to climate change.  When the temperature increases, so does the level of water vapor.  This causes the temperature to increase even more.
Anna Batson

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What is the difference between weather and climate? The difference between weather and climate is the measure of time weather refers to conditions of a specific place over a short period of time and climate refers to conditions over a relatively long period of time.

What is the future of earths climate? In the future they predict for the earths climate to rise.

What causes seasons to change? The seasons change because when earths tilted on its axis either the northern or southern hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the Sun determining either summer or winter.
Alexis Prewitt

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What causes the seasons to change?
What causes the seasons to change is the Earth's tilt on its axis, when the northern or southern hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun determines either summer or winter.

Why are ice cores so important?
Ice cores are so important because they're able to determine Earth's oxygen levels way back in the past. Ice cores have co2 trapped inside them and that's how we're able to determine past co2 levels and is why they're so important.

What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather is what tells us the temperatures for the next week or so and is more important to people than climate is. Climate is the Earth's temperature over a long period of time.

-Baden Turlington

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Izabella Morales

How can scientists be sure that Earth is getting warmer when they are not completely certain about what is going to happen to Earth's temperature in the future?

- Sciences can be sure that Earth is getting warmer because there are constant reassurances that there is going to be continuous warming of the planet to come. They have the access to tools that are able to answer questions such as this about our future. There are of course any unknown factors to be considered in the future of Earth but our understanding outweighs the unknown.

How does carbon dioxide (CO2) interact with the two types of radiation (sunlight and infrared) shown in this model?

- Carbon dioxide is not affected by sunlight. Meanwhile, the infrared radiation changes direction when it hits a carbon dioxide molecule.

What happens when the sunlight hits greenhouse gas molecules?

- When sunlight hits greenhouse gas molecules most molecules react by having medium amounts of heat energy. There are a few molecules that react in the highest energy possible. There are only a few that react in this manner while the majority have a less juarstic reaction.

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How much does the earth tilt on the axis ?  The earth tilts at about ..... 23.5 .

Why are ice cores so important ? .. ice cores give the earth 95 % of its water .

How much of the earth is covered in water ? ........ 95.5 % of the earth is covered in water ig .

Mya Roberson

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Anecia Toussaint
1. What is the future of earth's climate ? From my research Earth's future is looking very "bright". Our climate according to the most recent report from the United Nations' International Panel on Climate Change , global temperatures will likely rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels between 2030 and 2052 if warming continues at the current rate. Meaning our atmosphere is going to have a dramatic increase in temperature. 2. What is the difference between weather & climate ? Well the difference is that weather refers to short-term changes in the atmosphere, climate describes what the weather is like over a long period of time in a specific area. 3. What weather conditions are generally more important to an average person ? I think the weather conditions people generally are more important to us are our warm seasons. I'm speaking as is spring time or summer, which are most of our growing seasons for all varietys of our nation's crops.

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1. what is the future of earth's climate?  climate graphs and model show that the climate will rise. higher precipitation and higher heat temperatures have been getting more and more advanced overtime. 2. what is the difference between weather and climate? the difference between weather and climate is the measure of time. weather refers to conditions of a specific place over a short period of time and climate refers to conditions over a relatively long period of time. 3. what weather conditions are generally more important to an average person? The average person would want to know what the weather would be like because it supports their daily activities.

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A'Morion Wallace

1.Identify and explain three ways thermal radiation transfers heat into the atmosphere.
Conduction- the transfer of thermal energy through direct contact.
Convection- heat transfer by movement of a fluid such as air or water when the heated fluid is caused to move away from the source of heat carrying with heat carry energy with it, it occurs due to density.
Radiation-energy that comes from a source and travels through space and may be able to penetrate various materials.

2.What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather refers to short term changes in the atmosphere. Climate describes what the weather is like over a long period of time in a specific area.

3.What is the future of Earth's Climate?
Climate models predict that Earth's global average temerate will rise in the future. For the next two decades warming about 0.2 Celsius is projected.

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Braylon Walker                 1:What is climate change? The weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period. 2:What are three ways heat transfers? Conduction Conduction and radiation. 3: What is the difference between weather and climate? Weather refers to short term changes in the atmospere, climate describes what the weather is like over a long period of time in a specific area.

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William Carnahan
1) Is climate change mainly influenced by humans or by natural processes?
Climate change is affected by both humans and natural processes, however evidence suggests that humans likely have the biggest impact on earth's climate.

2)What is the leading cause of climate change present in our planet?
The greenhouse gas emissions we generate is the primary reason for earth's rapidly changing climate.

3)Is earth's average temperature steadily increasing or steadily decreasing?
Earth's average temperature is steadily increasing. This is due to many factors but primarily began after the burning of fossil fuels started, which is a result from humans.

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Mariah Mckoy

1.How is carbon dioxide measured in ice core?
Scientists use air trapped in the ice to determine the CO2 levels of past climates.

2.Describe what happens to water vapor when it gets cold?
When condensation occur the gaseous water molecules release energy into the cooler air around them and move closer together.

3.What are 3 main natural causes of climate change?
Volcanic eruptions, ocean currents, the earth's orbital changes are some natural causes of climate change.

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Charlesia Armstrong
1.What happens when energy from the sun encounters a white surface?
-the energy is reflected off the surface and leaves the atmosphere.
2. Is the melting of artic ice an example of positive feedback or negative feedback?
-positive feedback.
3. Which statement is true about the CO2 cycle?
-carbon dioxide is constantly moving throughout the environment.

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Zamiyah Washington       1.) Why does the carbon dioxide level fluctuate during single year (the red "wiggles" in the carbon dioxide (CO2) plot? The carbon dioxide level fluctuate during single year because of the plant growth.   2.) What absorbs the most solar radiation? The most solar radiation absorbs in the atmosphere water vapor, dust, and ozone.   3.) Why do you think the winter layers darker than the summer layers in the ice core? The winter layers darker than the summer layers in the ice core because little snow falls in the winter and the snow that falls is mixed around the world.

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DEAUNTRAE EDWARDS

(1). What is an ecological footprint? Why are some ecological footprints larger than others?
the impact of a person or community on the environment, expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their use of natural resources.

(2). WHATS A CARBON FOOTPRINT.

the amount of carbon dioxide and other carbon compounds emitted due to the consumption of fossil fuels by a particular person, group, etc.

(3). Why does carbon dioxide increase the temperature.
a colorless, odorless gas produced by burning carbon and organic compounds and by respiration. It is naturally present in air (about 0.03 percent) and is absorbed by plants in photosynthesis.

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Shakela

1. What is climate?

the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.

2.H􏰆ow much dose earth tilt on its axis?

Today, the Earth's axis is tilted 23.5 degrees from the plane of its orbit around the sun. But this tilt changes. During a cycle that averages about 40,000 years, the tilt of the axis varies between 22.1 and 24.5 degrees.

3. The number of hours of daylight is greatest when?

On December 21 or 22, the sun appears to be at lowest point on the horizon, and the Northern Hemisphere has the fewest number of daylight hours. In the Southern Hemisphere, this is the day with the greatest number of daylight hours and the beginning of summer.

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Cedric bell
1] How does infrared radiation interact with a greenhouse gas?
Infrared radiation is absorbed by greenhouse gases and then re-emitted in a different direction.
2] No􏰂 that 􏰀o􏰃 ha􏰁e identified 􏰀o􏰃r dream place to li􏰁e, 􏰀o􏰃 need to in􏰁estigate ho􏰂 climate change 􏰂ill impact 􏰀o􏰃r chosen destination o􏰁er the ne􏰄t 25-50 􏰀ears. Be specific in 􏰀o􏰃r ans􏰂er b􏰀 e􏰄plaining 􏰂hat the possible changes co􏰃ld be and if 􏰀o􏰃 think 􏰀o􏰃 􏰂o􏰃ld still 􏰂ant to li􏰁e there.
The climate change will impact my chosen destination over the next 25-20 years by it getting extreme heat in the future. Also it will three times more days of temputure over 95 F. I would not still want to stay in this area because of its heat.
3] Wh􏰀 do planes fl􏰀 as m􏰃ch as 10 km abo􏰁e the gro􏰃nd? What is the difference bet􏰂een atmospheric conditions near the Earth􏰆s s􏰃rface and atmospheric conditions in the 􏰃pper atmosphere?
The higher you go above the ground the thinner the atmospher becomes, and therefore, the less resistance there is on the movement of the plane.
The condition is unstable. The warm air near the surface rises and cool air higher in the troposhere sinks. Air is warmer near the ground and gets colder higher up. Nearly all of the water vapor and dustin the atmospere are in this layer and that is why clouds are found here.

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1. What are sinks?
Answer: The spaces that takes in carbon dioxide

2. What is stored in ice sheets?
Answer: Carbon dioxide

3. ___________is neither created nor destroyed but moves between various reservior, or storage spaces, on Earth.
Answer: Carbon dioxide

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Jesse wyatt

1) Identify each of these spheres in terms of definition?

Lithosphere is the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.The definition of atmosphere is the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet. The definition of hydrosphere is all the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth's surface, such as clouds.The definition of the biosphere is the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth occupied by living organisms.

2) What is the difference between weather and climate?

Weather refers to short-term changes in the atmosphere, climate describes what the weather is like over a long period of time in a specific area.

3) What is an ecological footprint? Why are some ecological footprints larger than others?

An ecological footprint is the impact of a person or community on the environment, expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their use of natural resources. One ecological footprint that is bigger than others is if somones loved one has died.

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Manuel-Taylor.  1. Why are ice cores significant? To be able to infer global temperature and studing the gases. 2. What are the five layers of the Atmosphere? Thermsophere,Mesosphere,Stratospher,Exosphere, and Troposphere. 3. What are the parts or geatures of heat transfer? Heat can be transferred without or with direct contact between objects.

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Rikayla Pearrie    October 2, 2020

What are three ways heat transfer?

-Radiation

-Convection

-Conduction

What can Ice Cores be used for?

-to reconstruct temperature

-atmospheric circulation strength

-precipitation

-ocean volume

-atmospheric dust

-volcanic eruptions

-solar variability

-marine biological productivity

-sea ice and desert

-forest fires.

What causes the seasons to change ?

-Earth's tilted axis causes the seasons. Throughout the year, different parts of Earth receive the Sun's most direct rays. So, when the North Pole tilts toward the Sun, it's summer in the Northern Hemisphere. And when the South Pole tilts toward the Sun, it's winter in the Northern Hemisphere.

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(Dequanta brimsey)   How is heat devolope ? Heat is produced by matter. Matter is made up of atoms and molecules and energy causes the atoms and molecules to always be in motion. They either bumping into each other or vibrating back and forth to cause energy. ... Molecules move slower in cold things and molecules move faster in hot things.There are three basic ways to transfer heat energy: convection, conduction, and radiation. Convection transfers heat energy through gases or liquids. Conductiontransfers heat energy from one solid to another. Radiation transfers heat in the form of waves or particles through places where there are no molecules. How do clods form ?Clouds are created when water vapor, an invisible gas, turns into liquid water droplets. These water droplets form on tiny particles, like dust, that are floating in the air. ... These energetic molecules then escape from the liquid water in the form of gas.  How does it rain ?Water vapor turns into clouds when it cools and condenses—that is, turns back into liquid water or ice. ... In the cloud, with more water condensing onto other water droplets, the droplets grow. When they get too heavy to stay suspended in the cloud, even with updrafts within the cloud, they fall to Earth as rain.Heat from the Sun turns moisture (water) from plants and leaves, as well as oceans, lakes, and rivers, into water vapour (gas), which disappears into the air. This vapour rises, cools, and changes into tiny water droplets, which form clouds. ... When the water droplets get too large and heavy, they fall as rain.

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Leif nation: 1. How is earths temperature an example of temperature in a building? 2. Re-tell how green gases affect earths temperature. 3. How would an ice age affect earths temperature after it happens?

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Kevin Washington III
1. Where is the Northern Hemisphere in relation to the sun during the summer?
When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, latitudes between the equator and 90°N (the North Pole) are experiencing summer. At the same time, the Southern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun and experiencing winter.

2. How is water vapor an example of a greenhouse gas? Water vapour is also an effective greenhouse gas, as it does absorb longwave radiation and radiates it back to the surface, thus contributing to warming. When compared to other greenhouse gases, water vapour stays in the atmosphere for a much shorter period of time.

3. What difference exists between the first two atomospheric layers? Their work in assessing the rapid advance in our knowledge of climate, relatively resilient to climate change over the next 25 yearsor so, other will increasingly suffer chossen.

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Rodney Washington

Classify the three types of thermal radition that transfers heat in the atmosphere ?

What are three ways heat trnasfered?

How are ice cores related to climate change?

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John Putek

1.What causes the sesons to change?
The seasons are caused by the tilt of the Earth's rotational axis away or toward the sun as it travels through its year-long path around the sun. The Earth has a tilt of 23.5 degrees relative to the "ecliptic plane" the imaginary surface formed by it's almost-cicular path around the sun.

2.How much dose the earth weigh?
The earth weighs 13,170,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 pounds. You can say this number like this: 13 octillion, 170 septillion. That’s A LOT more than a million, billion, or trillion pounds!

3. How far away is the sun?

The sun is 93 million miles away from the earth. Even light, which travels so quickly that we cannot even see it move, takes eight minutes to get from the sun to earth.

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Savanah Belcher
What are three ways heat is transfered?
conduction, convection, and radiation.
What is an ecological footprint?
An ecological footprint is the impact of a person or community on the environment, expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their use of natural resources.
What is climate change?
Climate change is a change in global or regional climate which could be an increase or decrease in temperature.
What causes climate change?
carbon dioxide building up in the atmosphere due to burning fossil fuels and other human emissions.

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Dequanta Brimsey123

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Why are ice cores so valuable to understanding Earth’s cycles? You MUST cite evidence to defend your claim
Ice Cores are so valuable to understanding Earth’s cycles because able to infer global temperatures over the past few hundred thousand years by studying the gases and other materials that are trapped in the ice.
In one of the passages in “What is the future of Earth’s climate” on page 5 it says scientists have been able to infer global temperatures over the past few hundred thousand years by studying the gases and other materials that are trapped in the ice.

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Why are ice cores so valuable to understanding Earth’s cycles? You MUST cite evidence to defend your claim
Ice Cores are so valuable to understanding Earth’s cycles because able to infer global temperatures over the past few hundred thousand years by studying the gases and other materials that are trapped in the ice.
In one of the passages in “What is the future of Earth’s climate” on page 5 it says scientists have been able to infer global temperatures over the past few hundred thousand years by studying the gases and other materials that are trapped in the ice.

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Why are ice cores so valuable to understanding Earth’s cycles? You MUST cite evidence to defend your claim
Ice Cores are so valuable to understanding Earth’s cycles because able to infer global temperatures over the past few hundred thousand years by studying the gases and other materials that are trapped in the ice.
In one of the passages in “What is the future of Earth’s climate” on page 5 it says scientists have been able to infer global temperatures over the past few hundred thousand years by studying the gases and other materials that are trapped in the ice.

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Why are ice cores so valuable to understanding Earth’s cycles? You MUST cite evidence to defend your claim
Ice Cores are so valuable to understanding Earth’s cycles because able to infer global temperatures over the past few hundred thousand years by studying the gases and other materials that are trapped in the ice.
In one of the passages in “What is the future of Earth’s climate” on page 5 it says scientists have been able to infer global temperatures over the past few hundred thousand years by studying the gases and other materials that are trapped in the ice.

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Aleeya Jefferson.                                                                                                                                                                                                    What is an ecological footprint? It is the impact of a person or community on the environment, expressed as the amount of land required tol substain their use of natural resources.                                                                                                             What is the difference between climate and weather? Climate is the average weather condition in a area over a long period of time. Weather is the short-term state of the atmosphere including temperature, humidity, precipation, wind and visibility.                                                                                                                                                                                             What are three ways heat is transfered? Heat is transferred through convection, conduction and radiation. Conduction is the process where heat is directly transmitted. Convection transfers heat through fluid substances and radiation transfers heat through energy as electromagnetic waves.

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Matthew Houghtby

1) Classify the three types of thermal radation that transfers heat in the atmosphere?

The three types of thermal radation are conduction, convection, radation.

2) Contrast the difference between atmospheric conditions near the Earths surface and atmosphere conditons in the upper atmosphere?

The Earth's upper atmosphere is less dense in the upper atmosphere and a lot more dense the closer to Earth you get. Meanig the lower atmosphere is more dense.

3) Identify the four sphere of the Earth.

The four spheres of the Earth include the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and the biosphere.

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Elizabeth Maynard

What are the three ways heat is transfered?
The three ways heat is tranfered is through conduction, convection, and radiation.

Describe how ice coverage affects the earth's climate?
When the earth has high levels of Ice coverage sunlight is easily reflected off the icy surface and back into the atmosphere. This can lower global temperatures as it prevents sunlight from being traped as heat. But when ice coverage is low, the temperature will rise. Rising temperature can then melt the ice further.

What is the difference between climate and weather?
Weather is the daily changes in temperature, rainfall, cloud coverage, humidity, and other environmental factors. Climate is the change in these factors for a specific area and over a longer period of time.

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What is an ecological foot print?
The impact of a person or community on the enviornment, expressed as the amount of land  required to sustain their use of natural resources.                                                          Climate vs Weather.   Wheather refers to short term changes in the atmosphere.  Climate describes what the weather is like over long a period of time in a specific area.  Weather tells you what to wear each day.  Climate tells you what type of clothes to have in your closet.                                        What are 3 ways heat transfer?      The three ways heat transer is through conduction, convection, and radation.            What are the future effects of climate change?   The potential future effects of global climate change include more frequent wildfires, longer periods of drought in some regions and an increase in the number of duration and intensity of tropical storms.        -Shamya Medlock

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Kamryn Shelton
1) How does carbon dioxide interact with two types of raditation?
-The infrared radiation changes directions when it hits a carbon dioxide moledule and it increased the levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide cause increase in the temperature.

2)What is the difference between a scientific argument and a regular argument?
-The scientific exlpanation to provide a causal account of events in the material world, argument seeks to use data and warrants to justify belief.

3)How does atmoshperic carbon dioxide affect the climate?
When carbon Dioxide concentration rise, air temperatures go up, and more water vapor evaporates into the atmoshpere.

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Fill in the bank.                 Daysia Norton                                                                                                                                                                                        1._________________  Is heat being transfer by physcial conact                                                                                                        -Convection.                                                                                                                                                                                            2. Can you write a brief outline of climate change in your own word?                                                                                           -A change in global or regional climate which could be a increase or decrease in temperature.                                                                                                                             3. How are ice cores related to climate change?                                                                                                                                   -The weight of each year's snowfall compresses down the previous layers of snow , and after many years , all of this pressure helps to form glacial ice.

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Kyron Dunn
Why are ice cores so valuable to understanding Earth’s cycles? You MUST cite evidence to defend your claim
ice cores is how scientists first learned that the amount of carbon dioxide and the global temperature,ice cores is that they are a direct archive of past atmospheric gasses.Older records of carbon dioxide are therefore best taken from Antarctic ice cores.

Identify and explain three important steps in scientific argumentation. (Answer should come from the “What is the future of Earth’s climate” material.

the claim (or the explanation), the evidence (or the observations), and the rationale (or the reasoning). Reasoning that explains the evidence and why it supports the claim.

Identify the five layers of the atmosphere and explain where they are located above Earth's surface. What are the main characteristics of each layer? Which layer contains the most oxygen, and which layer has the lowest atmospheric pressure?
troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere and thermosphere,500 km above the Earth's surface,Each layer is characterized by a different gradient of the temperature as a function of altitude.atmosphere that has the highest level of oxygen is the troposphere.troposphere, and nearly all weather occurs in this lowest layer.

What is the difference between weather and climate? Which is more important to the average person? Which one is generally used to explain global warming? (Please write your answers in complete sentences and answer all parts of each question.)
Weather refers to short-term changes in the atmosphere, where climate describes what the weather is like over a long period of time. Climate will affect people more around the world, Rising global temperatures are expected to raise sea levels.Global warming refers to the rise in global average temperature. re. Climate change is how the climate of different areas around the globe change over time, mostly due to this global average temperature increase.

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1) What causes the seasons to changes?                                                                                                                                                  The seasons result from the tilt of earth beacause of the tilt, the angle at which the suns causes the earth changes as the earth move around the sun.                                                                                                                                                                     2) During what seasons does the northern hemisphere tilts toward the sun?                                                                                          Duriing the summer the northern hemisphere tilts toward the sun.                                                                                                     3) What are the way radiation transfer heat iin the atmosphere?                                                                                                          Three ways radition tranfers heat is by conduction, convection, and radiation                                                                                        -Kayla Middleton

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Jamie Crawford
What difference exists between the first two atmospheric layers ?
In the Troposphere the temperature is decresaing and in the Stratosphere the temperature remains constant.

Do you agree that climate is more important than weather ? Explain
I would agree that climate is more important than weather because climate happens over a long period of time and human have to adapt to it but with weather it happens over a short period of time, both weather and climate are still important.

What solutions would you suggest for changing Earth's climate ?
I would suggest that humans stop cutting down trees and don't drive vehicles unless they really need it so that they can stop making the earth warmer.

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Describe how greenhouse gases affect the earth's temperature
Excess greenhouse gases added to the atmosphere, such as carbon dioxide and water vapor, cause an increase in the earth's temperature.

List the steps of a scientific argument.
1. Make a claim, 2. Explain claim, 3. Provide a level of certainty, 4. Explain level of certainty

How are ice covers an example of the albedo effect?
Ice covers are an example of the albedo effect because they reflect solar radiation back into the atmosphere.
-Emileigh Doyle

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Define three ways that heat is transferred. Give an example of each one.

Three ways that heat is transferred is by conduction, convection, and radiation. Conduction is where heat is transferred through a solid. An example is cooking eggs. The heat is transferred from the pan to the egg making this a conduction. Convection is the process of heat transferred by a fluid such as air or water when the heated fluid is caused to move away from the source of heat carrying the heat with it. An example is a lava lamp. As the liquid is heated it rises and falls as it cools. Radiation is heat transferred without physical contact. An example is heat transferred to a thermometer.

Why does carbon dioxide increase the temperature?

Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas that traps heat and emits heat back into the atmosphere causing the temperature to increase.

How is the cloud covering important to Earth’s temperature?

The cloud covering is important to Earth’s temperature because it determines how much radiation is getting through to Earth. If it’s a lot of clouds no radiation will get through but a little infrared radiation will. However, this will cause Earth to be on the cooler side, but if the opposite occurs Earth will be on the warmer side.

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Tyheisha Robinson
Can scientist be certain that earth is still warming but also study further with research?
Yes, Scientist need an abundence of research/evidence to provide explanations to why the earth is warming. The more research the more understanding humans will gain.

What is atmospheric pressure?
The force, or pressure, of the air above earth

What are the three steps in a scientific argumentation?
Claim, evidence, and the rational

What Can Ice cores be used for?
Ice core can tell temperatures, the amount of precipitation, wind patterns, volcano activities, and atmospheric composition.

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Zach Slaughter------                                                                         1. How is water vapor an example of a greenhouse gas?  Water vapor traps heat from infrared radiation and this is the what greenhouse gases do.                                                                                   2.What would you predict happen when more glaciers melt because of global warming? I would predict that the sea level would rise and that coastal erosion would occur.                                                                                                                                                  3.Describe in your own words why solar radiation has a harder time absorbing into the suface of the Earth when there is snow or ice covering the ground? When snow or ice is covering the surface of the Earth, a lot of the solar radiation that hits it is reflected back into space because snow and ice both have a high albedo.                                   10.00 AM

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Connor Stokes

Where is the Northern Hemisphere in relation to the sun during the summer?
During the summer, the Northern Hemisphere is directed away from the sun

Based on the past trends of the change in the Earth's temperature, do you think that the Earth's temperature will rise or fall in the future? Why?
Based on the past rends of the change in the Earth's temperature, I believe that the Earth's temperature will continue to increase for multiple reasons. One of these reasons is that human emissions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere continues to increase every day. These massive amounts of greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, are a major contributing factor to the rise of the Earth's temperature in the past, and I do not see humans decreasing the amount of carbon dioxide we put into the atmosphere, which is why I believe the Earth's temperature will continue to rise in the future.

Why are the ice caps important to the regulation of the Earth's temperature?
The amount of ice covering the Earth's surface can affect the Earth's temperature in a major way. When the radiation from the Sun encounters an area of ice or snow, the energy is reflected off of the surface and leaves the atmosphere. This radiation from the sun gives off heat, and when it reflects off of the ice, it leaves the Earth's atmosphere. This leads to a decrease in the Earth's temperature, making the Earth colder.

What solutions would you provide for the drastic increase in the Earth's temperature?
There are many things that we as the human race could change to regulate the temperature of the Earth. One solution could be the use of electric cars. The cars that we drive today run on gas. The gases that are produced from these cars are extremely harmful to the environment, and produce too much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. However, electric cars run on electricity. The use of electricity instead of gas would contribute to the regulation of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which would lead to the regulation of the temperature of the Earth.

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Ian Whittington

What is the relationship between CO2 concentration and the atmospheric temperature?
~When the carbon dioxide concentration goes up, temperature goes up. When the carbon dioxide concentration goes down, temperature goes down. The CO2 concentration directly effects the atmospheric temperature due to the CO2 molecules absorbing infrared radiation.

What kind of things could  decrease in earth's temperature?
~Without greenhouse gases, the Earth would lose heat too quickly and all life would perish. Water vapor and CO2 absorb heat in the lower atmosphere and reflect it back to the Earth. So if we were to deduce the CO2 concentration in our atmosphere, we would start to see the temperature drop. Another way is to reduce water waste!

Currently, about 10% of Earth is covered with ice year-round. If this ice melts, what could happen to Earth's temperature?

~If the 10% of earths surface that is covered by ice were to melt, we would see a rise in temperature. The ice wouldnt be reflecting the suns energy, which means that earths surface would absorb the energy and would rise the temperature of the atmosphere.

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Define three ways heat transfers?

Heat transfers through conduction, convection, and radiation.

During what period of time does daylight have the greatest number of hours?

During the summer there are more hours of sunlight.

Why are Ice cores so valuable to understanding Earth's climate?

Ice cores are valuable to understanding Earth's environment because the layers of ice in an ice core shows how much snow falls each year. This is crucial to scientists because it helps them determine when the earth goes through a warm or cold period.

How much does Earth tilt on it's axis?
The Earth tilts at about 23.5 degrees relative to it's plane of orbit.

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