Each of the answers below are results of global warming seen today in our oceans. Which is NOT a direct result of global warming?(1 point)
Responses
A. Ocean acidification
B. Ocean warming
C. Sea levels rising
D. Increased glacier coverage
D. Increased glacier coverage
Rising sea levels play a part in .......(1 point)
Responses
A. flooding
B. shoreline erosion
C. storm surges
D. all options listed
D. all options listed
Carbon cycles through every sphere of our planet (atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and geosphere). What is important to understand about the amount of carbon as it cycles through these spheres?(1 point)
Responses
A. The amount of carbon decreases as the carbon cycles through planet over time
B. The amount of carbon increases as the carbon cycles through the planet over time
C. Carbon cycles through the planet but has no effect on the different parts of the planet
D. The amount of carbon remains the same throughout time but gets cycled through different parts of the planet
D. The amount of carbon remains the same throughout time but gets cycled through different parts of the planet
When is ozone considered a bad thing?(1 point)
Responses
A. When it is in the exosphere and reacts with the sun’s radiation to send it back into space
B. When it is in the mesosphere and affecting the clouds and weather there
C. When it is in the troposphere, acting as a greenhouse gas trapping heat on the planet & breathed in by humans
D. When it is in the stratosphere and acts a shield to protect Earth from the sun’s harmful radiation