11/11 & 11/12

GQ....
1.  List 3 reservoirs of carbon and 3 ways that it moves from one reservoir to the next.  
2.  Which reservoir did you visit the most?  
3.  Which process did you go through the most?  
4. Get on your device and take this global warming quiz to see what you know.  

Global Warming Quiz

GQ
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learning Targets
1.  Ask questions and investigate the connection between temperature and carbon dioxide levels and climate change.  

Alone in a sealed jar, a mouse would die from exhaled CO2. But as scientist Joseph Priestley observed in 1771, adding a mint plant allows the mouse to thrive. In this proof of photosynthesis, the mint absorbed CO2, retained carbon for growth, and released oxygen. Two centuries later humans tried—and failed—to survive in a sealed environment in Arizona's Biosphere 2.

Global Warming 101

Climate Time Machine

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This graph, based on the comparison of atmospheric samples contained in ice cores and more recent direct measurements, provides evidence that atmospheric CO2 has increased since the Industrial Revolution. (Source: NOAA)