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FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTIONS ON     ES 10:  GLOBAL WARMING           Spring, 2008

1.  In relation to an intro to global warming, the causes of global warming are  ______________________________  & human & not totally understood, which creates political bickering 

2.  In relation to an intro to global warming, the social / political construction of science  _______________________________  the real dilemmas found in any attempt to develop policy from science 

3.  In relation to the commons, landlords will not pay for good insulation unless property is increasing in value, & it benefits tenants so they can  ___________________________________

4.  In relation to the causes of climate change, the building of  _____________________________ , the clearing of forests, & the burning of oil, coal, & natural gas can all cause climatic changes

5.  In relation to factors contributing to global warming, since the mid 1800s, human activities, chiefly the burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil, & natural gas) & the clearing of land, have increased the amounts of heat trapping atmospheric gases, called  _______________________________________

6.  In relation to the greenhouse effect, the chief greenhouse gases are  ___________________________________ , carbon dioxide, methane, & ozone

7.  In relation to the greenhouse effect, the core nations continue to produce  __________________________  in semi peripheral & peripheral nations & sell them there 

8.  .  In relation to greenhouse effect images, the Figures on Atmospheric Concentration of CO2, Ancient & Historic shows that CO2 has fluctuated over time but is at  __________________________________  high levels & continues to climb sharply 

9.  In relation to fossil fuels & global warming, the Map of the Contributions to Global Warming redefines the relative area of countries & regions of the world using histl CO2 emissions from fossil fuel consumption demonstrating that the  _____________________________  nations produce the most greenhouse gases in absolute numbers as well as on a per capita basis 

10.  In relation to forests, the  _______________________________________  cycle is one the natural cycles in the forest & all ecosystems 

11.  In relation to rain forests, today, less than  __________________________  the original extent of the Earth's rain forest remains

12.  In relation to the Amazon rain forest, one of main linkages btwn the econs of the core nations & the exploitation of the rain forest is the  _____________________________________  ind which gets much of it's beef from deforested rain forests 

13.  In relation to deforestation, massive deforestation has made many remaining forest tracts small, isolated  ______________________________

14.  In relation to urbanization & the env, citizens, govts, industry, scientists, & business people must work together to gradually reduce pollution, energy consumption, heat producing  ________________________________________ , transportation gridlock, etc. 

15.  In relation to global pollution, while DDT is no longer produced or used in the US, western  _______________________________  produce it & use it in semi peripheral & peripheral nations 

16.  In relation to changes in the env,  _________________________________  is melting, which is decimating black spruce forests which were adapted to such an env 

17.  In relation to the effects of global warming, the effects of global warming may  _____________________________  the causes 

18.  In relation to global warming conferences, the protocol would took effect when 55 countries approved it & the approving countries' emissions were equal to or greater than  ______________  % of the 1990 emissions of the 38 industrialized nations 

19.  In relation to global development orgs & the env, because of the perception of opposition to 3rd world dev, the social justice & envl mvmts must clearly state that they are for econ dev, & that  ________________________________________  econ dev is superior to tradl dev 

20.  In relation to saving the rain forest, Lowes & Home Depot now carry  ________________________________  lumber in their stores, which is lumber that has been grown & harvested under more envlly sound practices  

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ESSAY QUESTION ON     ES 10:  GLOBAL WARMING           Spring, 2008 

Essays should be two, average length, hand written pages long.  Be sure & answer all parts of the question.  Good penmanship, grammar & spelling are important. 

2.  In relation to factors contributing to global warming, discuss the factors contributing to global warming, natural & human.  What are the natural contributions?  What are the human contributions?  Which natural contributions are most significant?  Which human contributions are most significant?  

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