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The Global Warming Project
Big Paper Questions and Links
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Is the earth getting warmer? (Evidence of global warming.)
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2. What are the consequences if global warming continues?
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| 3. What causes global warming?
(Currently accepted model of Greenhouse gasses)
Animation of GW from Earthguide Sketch |
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What causes global warming? (Currently accepted model)
(Currently accepted model of Greenhouse gasses) Explanation |
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| 4. How does
electricity production increase the levels of carbon dioxide in
the atmosphere?
Pl Template hint: power plants burn fossil fuels Play power match game: do level 1 only. Good sentence about how it works. Power plant animations Coal Other fossil fuels work the same way
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4. How does
Transportation increase the levels of carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere?
(hint: engines which burn fossil fuels) Animation of engine (Otto) |
4. How does home
heating increase the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
(hint: heating which burns fossil fuels) home insulation, Air leaks |
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| 5. What individual
action relating to electricity can I take to
reduce the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
from this site: What's in the box? Enabling the power management features on one PC can save 200 kWh a year. To generate 200 kWh, a power plant releases 130 pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. One pound of carbon dioxide takes up 8.9 cubic feet at standard temperature and pressure. The box is 10' wide, 10' deep, and 11'-6" high. 1150 cubic feet. The box could hold 130 pounds of carbon dioxide. Your computer monitor can prevent the amount of carbon dioxide that fits into that box from being emitted into the atmosphere in one year!! Wouldn't you rather put one idle monitor to sleep and keep all that stuff out of the box? Put one idle computer to sleep today, and bank on it tomorrow... more about Million Monitor Drive and Power Save Mode CFL means Compact Fluorescent Lamp. As a rule, CFLs use 1/4 the energy of incandescents, a 15-watt CFL replaces the standard 60-watter, with a slight boost in light output. So saving 45 watts in a lamp that runs eight hours a day, nine months a year, will save ~100 kilowatt-hours. That's worth $12.50 and 140 lb of CO2, about the amount in the box! (10 x 10 x 11' 6") 200 kilowatt hours |
5. What
individual action relating to electricity can I take to reduce the
levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
The combustion of each gallon of conventional gasoline produces 172 ft3 of CO2. (thats a cube about 5.5 ft on each side) Find the fuel economy if your car. |
5. What
individual action relating to electricity can I take to reduce the
levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
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| What Collective Action? | Conversions: 1 lb of CO2 is 8 cu ft 1 kWh makes about 2 lbs of CO2 Driving 1 Mile = about 1 lb of CO2 10 recycled Al can saves 4 kWh |
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Global Warming Art: Diagrams from the research
Carbon Free Power plant animations nuclear, geothermal, wind: mov, game, fusion (theoretical)
Comparison of different types of power plants
Renewable and non-renewable energy: Quiz on Renewable energies
Templates
Big paper template (Print only on 11x17 paper)
XC: Listen to these global warming lectures. Show me your notes and paragraph of one section . Or use video notes
Other links
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