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Geologic Time (Lesson 4)

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Make a claim about how there got to be so much matter and energy in the peat/permafrost system. You need to have 2 pieces of evidence.

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Peat formed in the Artic approximately years ago from living plants that died

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It is estimated that there are trillion metric tons of carbon in the peat/permafrost system

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11,000 years ago when peat was formed, the Artic was

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What is one factor that contributed to a warmer Arctic?

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What mechanism explains how plants capture and store energy?

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How does photosynthesis work?

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What factors could contribute to the quality of carbon stored in the peat/permafrost system?

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How has the temperature and amount of sunlight changed over time?

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What does this have to do with the peat/permafrost system today?