NATS 1880 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Greenhouse Gas, Snowball Earth, Axial Tilt
25 Apr 2015
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Snowball earth it is significant to note that they have come and left out earth that way. Human made cfc in the atmosphere destroy ozone reducing protection from uv radiation human activity is drving many other species to extinction green house gasses global warming: temperature increased 0. 5 c in the past 50 years. Co2 is rising rapidly what would decrease the average surface temperature of a planet? none of this shit: there is natural climatic swing. Chemical compostion: life is made up of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen: 96% most of the oxygen and hydrogen in us is in the form of water. Water: water is used in many ways by life. For example, plants use it in the photosynthesis process, and it is used in other chemical processes. One of the most important uses is as a solvent. This includes it working as a transport mechanism to distribute material throughout an organism water is polar molecule.
