The following questions are not for a grade.
They are just meant to track your learning as you work through the semester project. It is important that you answer these questions truthfully, individually, on your own, without consulting any online resources, books, notes, etc. Please use a dark blue font color for all your answers. Thank you.
1. What is the greenhouse effect and how is it related to climate change?
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2. What scientific evidence do we have for the greenhouse effect and climate change?
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3. Can we quantify (put numbers on) key indicators of climate change?
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4. There are 80 gas molecules in a box to start with. The population of gas molecules decreases by 10 molecules every year. How would you write the rate of decrease of the population as a differential equation?
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5. Integrate your differential equation from question 4 and determine the constant of integration. Please show your steps below.
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6. Use your answers from questions 4 and 5, to write an equation that describes how the gas molecules decrease with time in years.
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7. The temperature on three consecutive days was measured to be 55F, 58F, and 65F. What was the average temperature for this three-day period? What would the slope of this graph of “Temperature vs. Days” be? (please show your calculations below).
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8. A smartphone consumes 4 watts of power when charging. Your power company charges 12 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh). If you leave your smartphone plugged in to the wall outlet for 24 hours, how many cents does this cost? Please show your calculations below.
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9. What role do clouds play in climate change?
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10. What can we as individuals do to help preserve our planet for future generations?
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