APES- Chapter 19 Flashcards
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| 5944154050 | Global change | Change that occurs in the chemical, biological, and physical, properties of the planet. |  | 0 |
| 5944156886 | Global climate change | Changes in the average weather that occurs in an area over a period of years or decades. |  | 1 |
| 5944164097 | Global warming | The warming of the oceans, land,masses, and atmosphere of the earth. |  | 2 |
| 5944165944 | Greenhouse effect | Absorption of infrared radiation by atmospheric gases and reradiation of the energy back toward earth. |  | 3 |
| 5944177784 | Greenhouse warming potential | An estimate of how much a molecule of any compound can contribute to global warming over a period of 100 years relative to a molecule of CO2. |  | 4 |
| 5944184466 | Ocean acidification | The process by which an increase in ocean CO2 causes more CO2 to be converted to carbonic acid, which lowers the pH of the water. |  | 5 |
| 5944189087 | Kyoto Protocol | An international agreement that sets a goal for global emissions of greenhouse gasses from all industrialized countries to be reduced by 5.2 % below their 1990 levels by 2012. |  | 6 |
| 5944195858 | Carbon sequestration | An approach to stabilizing greenhouse gases by removing CO2 from the atmosphere. |  | 7 |