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Geologic Time (Lesson 4)
By Katelyn Owens
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Question 10
10.
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.
Question 1
1.
Peat formed in the Artic approximately _______ years ago from living plants that died
Question 2
2.
It is estimated that there are _______ trillion metric tons of carbon in the peat/permafrost system
Question 3
3.
Question 4
4.
What is one factor that contributed to a warmer Arctic?
Question 5
5.
What mechanism explains how plants capture and store energy?
Question 6
6.
How does photosynthesis work?
Question 7
7.
What factors could contribute to the quality of carbon stored in the peat/permafrost system?
Question 8
8.
How has the temperature and amount of sunlight changed over time?
Question 9
9.
What does this have to do with the peat/permafrost system today?
11,000 years ago when peat was formed, the Artic was
a bit colder
a bit warmer
