APES- Carbon Cycle and the Greenhouse Effect go to: http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/education/carbon_toolkit/basics.

html Name: \ Influential Greenhouse Gases: For each of the following, list WHAT they are, WHE E they are found and H!W they affect cli"ate Carbon #io$ide %C!&'( It is a colorless, odorless gas that affects the climate b warming the earth. It is found when there is organic matter burning with o! gen in it"s presence. )ethane %CH*'( Non# to!ic, colorless, odorless gas that like carbon dio!ide contributes to the warming of the earth. It is found in oceans, marshes, swamps, and wetlands. +itrous !$ide %+&!'( colorless, non#flammable gas. $lso warms up the earth. It is naturall produced in oceans and rainforests. Sulfur He$afluoride %SF,'( ver powerful greenhouse gas that comes from electric power plants. #raw a diagram and label to E-P.A/+ the greenhouse effect( %&he greenhouse effect is a process which warms the earth"s atmosphere due to the absorption of radiation energ b several trace gases' these greenhouse gases allow solar radiation to reach the earth"s surface, but then absorb the energ as it is reemitted as infrared radiation, acting to contain the heat within the atmosphere' this occurs naturall and increases b humans.( # http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/education/carbon_toolkit/basics.html

E$0lain how the )arbon ) cle is in1ol1ed in global cli"ate change( *f the Greenhouse Gases )arbon +io!ide is the greatest concern because it contributes the most to the ,nhanced Greenhouse ,ffect and climate change b it being passed through sea, land and air releasing )*- into the atmosphere. What are Carbon S!2 CES and S/+3S4 .ources: process that release )*- into the atmosphere .inks: process that remove )*- from the atmosphere. How does deforestation increase the a"ount of C!& in the at"os0here4 E$0lain5 It reduces the terrestrial biosphere"s abilit to remove or emit carbon dio!ide. /hat the terrestrial biosphere"s do is the remove )*- through photos nthesis and with deforestation the can no longer do this. How do the oceans absorb e$cess C!& fro" the at"os0here and how does this affect the oceans4 &he oceans large surface area and high solubilit of carbon dio!ide in the water encourages the storage of large amounts of carbon 0about 12 times more than is in the atmosphere or terrestrial biosphere. ,ach ear that carbon is released into the atmosphere and a similar amount is taken back up into the oceans. &he wa this affects the ocean is b causing ocean sinks, warming up the ocean, and acidif ing the water. E$0lain how the industrial revolution has increased the a"ount of carbon dio$ide in the at"os0here5 .ince the beginning of the industrial revolution we have been burning fossil fuels which release carbon back into the atmosphere as )*-. &he removal of carbon from the biosphere has been reversed so that the same carbon is now being released at ver fast rates due to human activities. According to the gra0h, which country is the biggest contributor to global carbon e"issions worldwide4 $ccording to the graph the biggest contributor to global carbon emissions is the 3.., but in -222 )hina began to catch up with the 3...