Explain the difference between global warming and the greenhouse effect
What will be an ideal response?
Greenhouse gases are gases that warm a planet's surface by absorbing outgoing infrared radiation (radiant heat) and reradiating some of it back toward the surface. This process is called the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect is a natural physical process that operates in all planetary atmospheres. Global warming is a warming of Earth's atmosphere caused by an anthropogenic enhancement of the greenhouse effect.
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a. average annual temperature only b. average annual precipitation and temperature c. Latitude d. Sunlight e. Wind
What are the different forms of the same element with varying numbers of neutrons?
Electrons Isotopes Neutrons Protons
Describe two examples of “green taxes” from the book.
What will be an ideal response?
As of 2010, which of the following states has the largest percentage of Latino (Mexican-born, Mexican-heritage, and Spanish-heritage) residents?
A) Texas B) Arizona C) New Mexico D) All three states have about the same percentage of Latino residents