Campbell Biology in Focus
Campbell Biology in Focus
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780134710679
Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Rebecca Orr
Publisher: PEARSON
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The increase amount of CO2 is the source that increases the global temperature over the past 150 years. Thus this change in climate of the Earth’s atmosphere affects the climate and population. The CO2 is the main green house gas that results imbalance in the climatic system.

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The recent increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration is mainly a result of an increase in a. plant growth. b. the absorption of heat radiating from Earth. c. the burning of fossil fuels and wood. d. cellular respiration by the increasing human population.
Which of the following statements about the carbon dioxide emitted to the atmosphere by human activities each year is most accurate?   a. About half of it remains in the atmosphere and the other half is split equally between uptake by the oceans and vegetation.   b. Nearly all of it remains in the atmosphere.   c. About half of it dissolves in the oceans.   d. On an annual basis, human-caused emissions of carbon dioxide are small compared to volcanic emissions.   e. Human-caused emission of carbon dioxide is much greater than that emitted by respiration of all plants, animals, and microorganisms.
Which of the following approaches would be the most effective way to reduce greenhouse carbon dioxide? a. Increase waste deposition into the deep ocean. b. Plant more environmentally-suitable plants. c. Increase use of fuel sources that do not produce carbon dioxide as a by-product. d. Decrease livestock agriculture.
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