ATOC 3600 Jeopardy


The Carbon Cycle The Oxygen Cycle  The Hydrologic Cycle The Cycles and Climate Coupled Cycles
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Now, we need a volunteer to start things off.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

This carbon compound contains the majority of atmospheric carbon.
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What is carbon dioxide?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

This atmospheric carbon source is primarily anthropogenic and amounts to an influx of about 6 Gt/yr.
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What is combustion?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

This atmospheric carbon sink results from an endothermic reaction involving water.
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What is photosynthesis?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

This slowly occurring carbon reaction is believed to be the carbon sink which caused climate to gradually warm during the uplift of the Himalayas beginning 65 million years ago.
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What is carbonate or silicate weathering?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

This oxygen source is a chemical reaction that occurs on a rapid time scale and depletes atmospheric carbon.
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What is photosynthesis?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The element is tightly coupled to the oxygen cycle and its atmospheric amount is inversely related to that of free oxygen.
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What is carbon?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

This source of atmospheric oxygen was instrumental (according to the text) in allowing life to exist on the early Earth.
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What is photodissociation of water?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

This source of atmospheric oxygen results in a net emission of oxygen to the atmosphere of 0.13 Gt per year and involves the creation of sediments by life.
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What is organic carbon burial?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

This process describes the flux of water vapor through the membranes of plants and trees.
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What is (evapo-)transpiration?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

This process involves the condensation of water vapor and acts as a significant heat source for the atmosphere.
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What is precipitation?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

This is a measure of atmospheric thermodynamic instability that depends strongly on near surface air temperature and humidity.
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What is CAPE?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

These are the levels at which an atmospheric "parcel", if lifted adiabatically, will first become saturated and then become positively buoyant.
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What are the lifting condensation level and level of free convection?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

One would expect this change in global surface temperature if respiration were to increase and the atmosphere were to accumulate CO2.
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What is an increase in temperature?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

This component of the hydrologic cycle is responsible for a large portion of the cooling at the Earth's surface.
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What is evaporation?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

This chemical compound can be used as a proxy for oceanic CO2 concentration and is a component of shells and skeletons.
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What is calcium carbonate?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

One would expect this change in global surface temperature due to an uplift of mountain ranges leading to an increase in carbonate and silicate weathering.
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What is a global cooling?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

This cycle, in enhanced, will contribute to greater atmospheric heating.
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What is the hydrologic cycle?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

If the atmospheric hydrologic cycle were to increase, this process would be enhanced and contribute to cooler global surface temperatures.
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What is dissolution of carbon dioxide?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

If the hydrologic cycle were enhanced and storms were to extend deeper into the troposphere, the abundance of this molecule in the stratosphere would increase.
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What is ozone or water vapor?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

This process contributes bicarbonate ions to the upper ocean and is not directly related to the amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide.
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What is oceanic upwelling?