Summary: Chapter 20: The Atmosphere, Climate And Global Warming

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  • The predominant gas in Earth's dry atmosphere near sea level is

    Nitrogen
  • An anthropogenic  cause of global warming

    increased tropospheric concentration of carbon dioxide
  • Not used by scientists for evidence of climate change

    The amount of acid rain prevalent in the Ohio Valley
  • The possible rise in sea level as a result of global warming would be primarily by

    the melting of arctic and Antarctic Ice caps
  • The temperature of the earth's surface has risen approximately C/F over the past 150 years or so

    1C/2F
  • This is not considered a possible impact of a warmer world

    decreased beach erosion
  • This is not considered a possible impact of a warmer world

    increase in warmer quality
  • This is not a PREVENTION strategy for reducing greenhouse gas concentration

    Plant trees
  • What do the thinning of the ozone layer and global warming have in common?

    CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons)
  • Ozone depletion has led to or can lead to

    an increase in sunburn, cataracts, skin cancer
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