Using information from the PowerPoint, class discussions and the Internet activity, explain how increased levels of Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere lead to increased temperatures and ultimately Global Warming.
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gabriela domene
3/24/2015 08:29:36 am
The increased levels go CO2 lead to the increase levels in temperature "Global Warming" because the Carbon Dioxide is being trapped.An example is the ocean, carbon dioxide is being trapped in the ocean making the ocean hotter and making more natural disasters because of the change in climate that CO2 is causing inside.The CO2 is getting the earth warmer and more greenhouse gases are being trapped or absorbed and not being reales to space.
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Stephanie Marie
3/24/2015 05:06:03 pm
The increase levels of Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere lead to increased temperature and ultimately Global Warming, because the CO2 is getting trapped inside the atmosphere cause when the heat enters the atmosphere as the greenhouse gases increase, it’s more difficult for more heat to escape the atmosphere. So, in result this gases are keeping trapped the heat and just a little bit get to escape, and thats is making the earth get warmer. One of the things that traps CO2 is the plants (trees) because of the process called photosynthesis that produces sugar and oxygen.
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Ms. P
3/26/2015 04:16:29 am
Good answer, but just to clarify your last point, CO2 is not trapped in plants, but rather used by plants to produce O2 and sugar, as you said. CO2 is trapped in the atmosphere, thus causing increases in the temperature.
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Mikael Rosario
3/25/2015 01:26:51 pm
The increase levels of Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere lead to increased temperature and to the global warming because CO2 traps the green house gases in it making the Earth hotter. When the sun sends his light rays into the Earth, some of it gets trapped and it keeps the Earth warm, but whats happening now its that too much of its accumulating in the atmosphere making the Earth too hot and creating places such as the ocean warmer, which later on melts the glaciers and the water level rises.
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Ms. P
3/26/2015 04:17:39 am
Very thorough answer, just note that CO2 is one of the greenhouse gases being trapped, it doesn't cause the greenhouse gases to be trapped.
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Miranda
3/25/2015 04:20:03 pm
No matter what we do, the Earth will always receive the same amount of sunlight from the sun. But sunlight and heat are very different things. Carbon dioxide is found in fuel based factors like, factories, cars electricity, fires.. but the number 1 source of carbon dioxide is the breathing of humans. On the contrary, trees breathe in CO2 and breathe out oxygen. This could balance the CO2 concentration but it has come out of our hands. People cut down trees and populations grow, meaning more fuel based products are built. Because we have revolutionized into a more fuel based world, co2 has increased. This gas traps the sunlight and heat inside the earths atmosphere and slowly it becomes hotter and hotter as more heat gets trapped. Eventually, ice melts and most of heat is absorbed creating an unbearable environment for humans and animals. This is called Global Warming.
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Ms. P
3/26/2015 04:20:41 am
Very detailed answer, but please note that the #1 source of CO2 is humans but not because of their breath but rather the factories, cars and buses they use.
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Luis Emilio Betances
3/25/2015 04:58:54 pm
The heat increasing in the atmosphere have to do with the greenhouses. Greenhouses function is that when sunlight traspases the atmosphere it enters the greenhouses. This are transparent for the heat to enter, but are completely closed so the heat can't go out. This is leading to global warming.
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Ms. P
3/26/2015 04:21:56 am
Good but be careful referring to "greenhouses"....the atmosphere isn't made up of greenhouses but rather of greenhouse gases....
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Lorenzo Nicolas
3/26/2015 04:25:37 am
Increased carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere increase the temperature, plants absorb this and turn it into oxygen, carbon dioxide can heat up the air and oceans leading to global warming
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Joseph Guerra
3/26/2015 04:47:02 am
The increasing amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses trap even more of the sun's heat, making the temperatures rise making the Artic's ice melt which leaves holes on the ice, thus enabling more sunlight to warm the ice through the cracks.
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juanPabloGarcia
3/26/2015 04:39:33 am
when the level of CO2 rises then it gets traped in the greenhouse gases and in the atmosphere. As time pases then CO2 is being produced faster and in bigger quantities so the greenhouse gages trap them and more heat stays in the atmoshphere which leads to global warming and the earth getting warmer.
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Marta
3/26/2015 02:01:43 pm
Today, factories, transportation, and machines have raised the level of CO2, because he earth itself already produces it. All this CO2 goes to the atmosphere, where there most if it remains trapped because of the greenhouse gasses. This creates more heat upon the Earth, making the ice melt, and the water warm up.
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Lil Marie
3/26/2015 06:24:15 pm
Eventually, scientists predict that carbon dioxide will increase and will lead the Earth into global warming. We already receive plenty of carbon dioxide inside Earth because of the gasoline, industries, cars, human breaths or even forest fires. One of the little sources that provide oxygen are plants, and humans are destroying them to make room for even more humans. If the population grows, so does the amount of carbon dioxide. This will lead to a high temperature that will eventually melt the glaciers.
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