Chemistry In Context
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Author: Fahlman, Bradley D., Purvis-roberts, Kathleen, Kirk, John S., Bentley, Anne K., Daubenmire, Patrick L., ELLIS, Jamie P., Mury, Michael T., American Chemical Society
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Chapter 4, Problem 7Q
Consider Figure 4.23.
- a. How does the present concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere compare with its concentration 20,000 years ago? With its concentration 120,000 years ago?
- b. How does the present temperature of the atmosphere compare with the 1950–1980 mean temperature? With the temperature 20,000 years ago? How does each of these values compare with the average temperature 120,000 years ago?
- c. Do your answers to parts a and b indicate causation, correlation, or no relation? Explain.
Figure 4.23
Carbon dioxide concentration (blue) and global temperatures (red) over the last 400,000 years from ice core data.
Source: Environmental Defense Fund
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