26.

The graphs illustrate the climate data for periods of time almost 150 years
apart, albeit for the same location. The earlier graph shows greater extremes in
both average precipitation and temperature. Summers were wetter and cooler 150
years ago. Precipitation is very constant and temperatures are warmer throughout
the year in the later 1900s
27.
Climate conditions can change over time as earth is constantly changing, the
causes for the change could be natural (natural disasters) or could be related to
human activities such as burning of the fossil fuels.
28.
Climate data is only accurate when many years of data are collected.
Generally 30 years of data must be collected, but it may have been difficult to
collect that many years of data from 150 years ago.
29.
Water has a high heat capacity, and earth has large amounts of water. The
hydrologic cycle allows the water to absorb
and release large amounts of thermal energy,
through changes of state (evaporating,
freezing, condensing) without large
fluctuations in temperature.
30.
Canadas weather is generally
influenced by convection currents and the
Coriolis effect. (the deflection of an object
from a straight line path by the rotation of the
earth)

31.
Water, methane, nitrous oxide, and
carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is considered
the most significant greenhouse gas.
32.
Carbon sources include burning hydrocarbons and cellular respiration
(making cement and deforestation both burn hydrocarbons). Carbon sinks include
forests and oceans. Carbon is naturally cycles on earth so every sink is eventually a
source.
33.
ice and snow have a high albedo (most solar energy reflected away)
global warming causes ice to melt every season, revealing open water open
waters warms much more quickly than ice warm water melts ice
34.
common activities than can cause the release of greenhouse gases include
driving in vehicles powered by fossil fuels, using electricity in areas that utilize coal
powered generating stations and throwing trash into garbage cans. Methods to
reduce a carbon footprint include any actions that reduce the release of greenhouse
gases, as well as purchasing carbon offsets or otherwise contributing to the health
of carbon sinks.
35.
Students who think this is a good idea may argue that logging provides jobs,
prevents wildfires, and reduces the chances the beetle infestation will spread.

Students who think this idea is bad may point out that this is a natural process that
people should not interfere with, that there are still many health trees that should
be allowed to survive, and that there are many other uses for the trees that may not
occur if they are all logged.
36.
Positive feedback loops are series of events whose outcomes returns back to
an earlier stage in the process to enable the cycle to continue. Burning down forests
release more carbon dioxide and also removes a carbon sink, causing more global
warming and reducing the absorption of the extra carbon dioxide. A negative
feedback loop would stop the series of events, and regulate the system,. Examples
of negative feedback loops in climate change might be the increased growth of
plants or algae from the increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which in turn
would reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

37.
Hybrid vehicles should decrease the dependence on fossil fuels such as
gasoline. Decrease burning of fossil fuels means a decrease in carbon sources and
hence, a decrease in carbon dioxide release into the atmosphere. Hybrid vehicles
also minimize city smog as there are no greenhouse gas emissions and attendant
pollution from coal/gas powered electrical power plants.