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Global Warming:
CO2 Emissions Rates, CO2 Concentrations, and Average Global Temperature
Graph 1:

Questions:
1) What was the average CO2 emission rate in the 2010? _________
2) What was the average global temperature in the year 2010? _________
3) What was the difference in the rate of CO2 emissions from the year 1960 to the year 2010?
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4) What does this graph predict about CO2 emission rates in the future?
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5) What effect does this prediction for future CO2 emission rates have on average global
temperature?
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6) What will be the average global temperature in the year 2050? __________

Graph 2:
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7) What does this graph predict about CO2 emission rates in the future?
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8) What will be the average global temperature in the year 2050? _________________
9) What will be the average global temperature in the year 2100? _________________

Graph 3:

Questions:
10) What does this graph predict about CO2 emission rates in the future?
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11) What will be the average global temperature in the year 2050? __________________
12) What will be the average global temperature in the year 2100? __________________
 13) Can we ever lower the global temperature simply by decreasing the rate of CO2 emissions?
Explain why or why not.
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14) What conclusions can you make about the relationship between CO2 emissions, CO2
concentration, and global temperature based on these predictions?
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15) If you wanted to persuade people to lower their CO2 emissions to reduce the effects of global
warming, which graph would you show them and why?
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16) These graphs represent a very simple model of the effects of CO2 emissions and concentration
on global temperatures. On average, the global temperature increases by approximately 3C for
each doubling of CO2 concentration. Why does this model not show the full picture of global
warming?
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Now, look at the graph on page 126 of your textbook, Analyzing Data: Global Glacier Volume Change
and answer the following questions.

17) The greatest volume of glacial ice was lost:

a. Between 1960 and 1970
b. Between 1980 and 1990
c. Between 1995 and 2000
d. Before 1960

18) The most reasonable explanation for the loss of glacier mass since 1960 is:
a. An increase in the total productivity of the worlds oceans
b. A gradual rise in Earths average temperature
c. An increase in the total amount of ice at Earths poles
d. An increase in the suns output of radiant energy

19) What was the average change in average global temperature between 1960 and 2000?
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20) Comparing Graph 1 and the graph on page 126, what conclusions can you make about the
relationship between the two?
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21) What predictions can you make about how global warming will affect the biosphere? (Include at
least three predictions)
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