Global Warming
Cards (24)
- Over the last 100 years, what has happened to the Earth's average temperature?
- What is the cause of the current increase in Earth's temperature, according to scientists?
- What is the main reason humans have released huge amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere?
- What other gas besides carbon dioxide has increased in the atmosphere?
- Where is methane produced by bacteria?
- What agricultural product are paddy fields used to grow?
- Besides paddy fields, where else is methane released from?
- What is the role of carbon dioxide and methane in global warming?
- What are carbon dioxide and methane referred to as?
- What is the purpose of peer review in science?
- What does peer review ensure about research published in scientific journals?
- Why might reporting on global warming in newspapers be inaccurate?
- What is one of the main consequences of global warming for animals and plants?
- What is happening to ice levels in the Arctic?
- How will reducing ice levels affect Arctic organisms like polar bears?
- How might animals respond to rising global temperatures?
- Name a disease that some species of mosquitoes carry that affects humans.
- Why might malaria spread to the UK with global warming?
- How might global warming affect the migration patterns of animals?
- How are spring plants in the UK affected by warmer conditions?
- What crops might the UK be able to grow with increasing temperatures?
- What could happen in other parts of the world due to increasing temperatures?
- What is peer review?
- How have past changes in the Earth's temperature differed from the current increase?