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Human Impact (Global Definitions (Carbon sink (a carbon reservoir that…

- - - - hurricanes
      - Earth's average temperature is projected to rise another to°F over the next hundred years
        
        0.5°F to 8.6
      - Rising global temperatures have been accompanied by changes in__and___
        
        weather and climate
      - Name 3 natural factors that influence Earth's climate-
        
        Solar output, changes in the Earth's orbit and tilt, volcanic activity
      - Scientists are highly confident that many of these observed changes can be linked to the climbing levels of ___ and other _ in our atmosphere, which are caused by ___.
        
        CO2, greenhouse gases, human activity
      - Earth's average temperature has risen by ___°F over the past century.
        
        1.5
      - When scientists discuss climate change, they refer to the overall ___
        
        trend in climate data
      - How do scientists obtain data about past climates?
        
        ice cores, tree rings, and ocean sediments
      - What has caused the warming of the planet since the Industrial Revolution?
        
        Burning of fossil fuels
      - What analogy is used to explain the increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
        
        the bathtub represents Earth's atmosphere
        the water in the tub represents the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
      - Sentence and Answers
    - - Weather is what conditions of the atmosphere are over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere "behaves" over relatively long periods of time
    - - Global warming refers to the long-term increase in Earth's average temperature, climate change is the mean atmospheric conditions, typically an average of 30 years of weather data. A mean, or average, is much less variable