Reflection: Answer as many as you like (at least 1).
What is something new you learned?
What is something that suprised you?
What questions do you have?
What would you like to learn more about?
What is climate?
What is the main driver of temperature on Earth?
How does solar insolation vary across the Earth?
Which of these has a high albedo and reflects energy back out into space?
What role do greenhouse gases play in the atmosphere?
What happens when the balance of greenhouse gases is disrupted?
A greenhouse gas is any molecules that absorbs outgoing long-wave radiation from the Earth.
When carbon dioxide levels are high, Earth's temperature is .
When carbon dioxide levels are low, Earth's temperature is .
Earth has never experienced changes in temperature and carbon dioxide levels before.
Which gas is primarily emitted from landfills and cattle?
What is the main source of nitrous oxide emissions?
How much has the global average temperature increased since the 1800s?
FYI: 1 degree Celsius = 33.8 degrees Fahrenheit
Which of the following is a result of climate change affecting habitats?
Why are phytoplankton important?
Sea levels are .
Who is disproportionately affected by climate change?
Which of the following is used to respond to the impacts of climate change?
What is mitigation?
What do the layers in an ice core represent?
What information can scientists gather from the ice core samples?
How are carbon dioxide levels measured in the ice?
Why is knowing Earth's climate past important?