Pollution in the Atmosphere Name ____________________________________
Webquest Activity – Science 8
Part III – Affects of Pollution on the Atmosphere
Start
on the Kids Corner
webpage. Each time you see Mr. Smiley,
you should be following a new link to a new page to answer the question in that
section.
It would be helpful to keep this document open at the bottom of your screen so
you can click directly on the links for each section.
Follow the link called Living in a Greenhouse:
15. Describe the
difference between weather and climate:
Weather is _____________________________________________________________
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Climate is _____________________________________________________________
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Follow the link at top of the page called Cycles of the Earth:
16. List the names of the seven cycles
of Earth
a. _____________________________
b.______________________________
c.______________________________
d.______________________________
e.______________________________
f._______________________________
g._______________________________
17. What do the cycles do for the Earth? _______________________________________
Roll
your mouse over The
Energy Balance link and click on it.
18. Study the picture and list what happens to the incoming radiation from the Sun.
a. _______________________________________________
b. _______________________________________________
c. _______________________________________________
d. _______________________________________________
19. What do clouds
do mostly? _______________________________________________
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Follow
the link at the top of the page called the Atmosphere
20. What is the
effect of the atmosphere moving?
__________________________
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21. Where does warm
and cold air start and which way does it travel? __________
__________________________________________________________________
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Follow
the link The
Warming Greenhouse at the top of the page. Then immediately click on
the When Energy
Gets Into the Atmosphere link.
22. What is albedo?
__________________________________________________________
23. If the ice on
Earth melted, would Earth’s albedo be higher or lower?
Would this cause Earth to become cooler or warmer? __________________________________
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24.
Why are cities often hotter than a nearby countryside? ____________________________
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Follow the link at the top of the page called the The Greenhouse Effect
25. How is the Earth’s atmosphere like a Greenhouse?
_____________________________
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26. Explain how the Greenhouse Effect is both a good thing and a bad thing.
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Watch the Global
Warming Movie and answer the following questions:
27. How does deforestation contribute
to the Greenhouse Effect? ___________________
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28. What effect can global warming of 1oC
cause on the Earth? _____________________
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Now take the Global
Warming Quiz! What is your score? _______________________
Follow this link to the What Affects Climate
page. Roll your mouse over the pictures and read the captions.
29. Explain how each of the following adds to or removes greenhouse gases:
a. Farm
animals ____________________________________________________
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b. Plants
and Trees _________________________________________________
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c. Oceans
_________________________________________________________
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d. Rice
paddies _____________________________________________________
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e. Factories
and Cars _________________________________________________
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f.
Clouds
___________________________________________________________
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Follow the link at the top of the page called the Climate Change
30. Which two predictions of
climate change are most alarming to you and why?
___________________________________________________________________________
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Follow this link to the Acid Rain page. Watch the acid rain animation.
31. How does the
burning of fossil fuels create acid rain? _____________________________
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32. How can we
reduce production of acid rain? _____________________________________
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33. What does acid
rain do to lakes and streams? Why is
this bad? ______________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
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34. What are two examples of renewable resources? ___________________________________
Follow
this link to read a comic book about the Ozone Hole.
35. What does the ozone layer do? ________________________________________________
36. What is the enemy of the Ozone Layer? _________________________________________
37. How are CFCs
produced? ____________________________________________________
38. What can too much UV radiation from
the Sun do to plankton and plants? What
is the effect of this?
_______________________________________________________________________
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39. What can too much UV radiation from the Sun do to humans? ________________________
40. What can we do to reduce destruction of the ozone layer? ____________________________
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Follow this link to the Ozone Hole Zone. Compare the images of the ozone hole over Antarctica from 8/19/03 through the last image. The colors represent the thickness of the ozone layer. Gray represents the worst or thinnest ozone.
41. Does the ozone hole change over time? _________________________________________
42. Which date has the worst ozone hole?
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43. What season is it at the south pole during the worst ozone hole? _____________________
44. What season is it in the Northern Hemisphere during the worst ozone hole? ____________
45. What might we be doing in this season that adds to the depletion of the ozone? __________
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46. Click here
to see the Ozone
Hole change over time. Does it
get better? ______________
Part IV : The Water Cycle
Follow this link to the Water Cycle page.
47. Water is recycled on the planet. What starts the cycle and keeps it going?
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48. List the steps in the water
cycle. Next to each step, define the
word and describe if the water is in it’s solid, liquid or gas form:
a. Evaporation of water by
the Sun – liquid water from oceans and lakes turning to gas
b.
___________________________________________________________________
c.
___________________________________________________________________
d.
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g. __________________________________________________________________
h. __________________________________________________________________
i. __________________________________________________________________
Watch
the Water
Cycle Movie and answer this question:
49. Explain how
global warming can affect the water cycle?
Can it make the Earth wetter? Dryer?
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Now take the water cycle
quiz. What is your score? __________________________________
50. Label the water cycle diagram below
with the appropriate steps: (use the words from Question