Atmosphere revision
- Created by: ellielikesbiscotti
- Created on: 17-11-19 13:24
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- The Atmosphere
- History of the atmosphere
- Volcanoes on the earth's surface released water vapour, carbon dioxide, ammonia and methane into the atmosphere
- As the earth cooled, the water vapour condensed to form the oceans
- Most of the carbon dioxide dissolved in the oceans
- The oceans, home to aquatic life, absorbed carbon dioxide to make their shells
- Plants evolved to photo synthesise which increased the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere.
- This also decreased the carbon dioxide
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- Greenhouse gases
- Incomplete combustion products
- Carbon Monoxide
- Carried round the blood instead of oxygen
- Stops oxygen from going into the red blood cells
- Carbon
- Also known as soot
- Causes global dimming. This reduces photo synthesis in plants
- Carbon Monoxide
- Nitrogen oxide causes increased asthma and acid rain
- Sulphur dioxide also causes acid rain
- Incomplete combustion products
- Climate change
- Long term effects
- More extreme storms
- Increase in heavy precipitation
- Carbon footprint is how much carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere due to the actions of an individual
- How can the rate of global warming be decreased?
- Limiting the farming of beef cattle
- Reduced methane produced by the cows
- Less greenhouse gas to amplify the greenhouse effect
- Less rainforest cut down, so more carbon can be stored in rainforest trees
- Reduced methane produced by the cows
- Limiting the farming of beef cattle
- Long term effects
- History of the atmosphere
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