Answer
these questions on your blog DUE Day 3- July 8th Before Class
An
Inconvenient Truth (2006)
Based on the video; please answer the questions below in
thoughtful and complete sentences.
1. What
image started the modern day environmental movement?
A picture of the Earth taken
from space during the 1960’s: “Earth Rise” was its name.
2. What
is considered the most vulnerable part of the earth system?
The atmosphere is considered the most valuable part of the
earth system.
3. Relatively
speaking, compared to the earth, how thick is the atmosphere? Like the coat of
varnish on a painted globe.
4. How
can trapping infrared radiation by the earth’s atmosphere be a GOOD thing?
It moderates Earth’s temperature,
making it habitable.
5. How
can trapping infrared radiation by the earth’s atmosphere be a BAD thing?
The
Atmosphere will absorb infrared radiation to an excessive extent, causing
global warming.
6. What percentage of people depend on
glacial melt for their drinking water?
Roughly
40% of people depend on glacial melt for their drinking water.
7. Why
is studying ice cores important? Studying
ice cores can measure CO2 content in ice cores and approximate how much C02 was
in the atmosphere the year those particles of snow fell.
8. What
is the relationship between carbon dioxide (CO2) and atmospheric temperature?
More atmospheric c02 means hotter
temperature, since it traps c02 from the sun.
9. Over
what time period have the hottest 10 years on earth occurred?
The
1990’s and 2000’s consist of the hottest 10 years on earth.
10. As
the water temperature under a hurricane increases, what happens to the wind
velocity of the
storm? As water temperature under a hurricane increases, winds
increase, as too does the moisture content.
11. What
has happened to Lake Chad over the years? Its been drying up big time, after
being one of the world’s largest lakes back in the 1960’s (and prior to).
12. How
much of the suns radiation gets reflected by ice? The ice reflects 90% of
radiation which comes into contact with it.
13. What
redistributes energy from the equator to the north and south poles? Ocean and
wind currents distributes energy
14. If the ice sheets of Western Antarctica
were to melt, approximately how much would sea level
rise? The sea level could rise up to 20 ft.
15. List the
three factors causing the collision between civilization and earth
1. Population
2. Fossil Fuels, old habits of
technology
3. Way of thinking
16. Approximately, what percentages of global carbon dioxide
emissions come from forest fires?
30% of carbon dioxide emissions comes from forest fires.
17. What country is the largest contributor of greenhouse
gases into the atmosphere?
U.S.
(but China surpassed the U.S. in 2011)
18. Which country has the lowest government standards for
gas mileage of automobiles?
The
U.S. has the lowest government standards for gas mileage of automobiles.
19. Which two nations have not signed onto the Kyoto
Protocol? USA and Australia both have not signed the Kyoto Protocol.
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