What are the political and economic systems in Europe?

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What are the political and economic systems in Australia?

-economic: exportation of agricultural products; tourism

What are the political and economic systems in Russia?

-after the fall of the Soviet Union in the late 1980s, Boris Yeltsin removed 90% of price controls-Privatization became popular-as of 1999, the economy was unstable -political: ruled by president Vladimir Putin-economic: mainly based on farming and mining

What are the main uses of land in Europe?

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What are the main uses of land in Australia?

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What are the main uses of land in Russia?

-Russian agriculture has increased because of the code induced in 2002 (produce grain, crude oil, 1/5 of the world's softwood, and mining metals)

What are the main environmental problems in Europe?

-pollution: Europe's industries build smokestacks that carry pollution away from industrial sites and drift across the nation; this pollution, when combined with moisture, can cause acid rain; this has caused fish to die and harmed Europe's natural resources-air and water pollution: industrial waste and traffic exhaust has caused people in industrial areas to develop symptoms; much of the country's industrial waste is being dumped into the Mediterranean, creating health hazards for wildlife and people-global warming: the effects of Europe's poor air quality may lead to global warming due to increased amounts of carbon dioxide released; this causes the global temperature to increase; global warming can melt glaciers, causing ocean levels to rise and submerge coastal areas

What are the main environmental problems in Australia?

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What are the main environmental problems in Russia?

-nuclear waste: the Soviet Union set off 600 nuclear explosions in the late 1900s; there is an extreme excess of nuclear waste in the land and bodies of water-pollution: farmland is polluted by pesticides; air is also polluted-deforestation: Russia has a future risk of killing their forests -impure water sources-oil leaks: oil is leaking into the environment through pipes-Russia risks releasing billions of metric tons of methane into the environment because of a large amount of global warming

What are the solutions to the environmental problems in Europe?

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What are the solutions to the environmental problems in Australia?

-in response to soil erosion by deforestation, soil conservation has begun to take place-in response to the water pollution, no solutions have taken place-in response to climate changes due to nuclear tests, the US provided $90 million to help decontaminate Bikini Atoll

What are the solutions to environmental problems in Russia?

-the World Bank's Sustainable Forestry is working on planting new trees and protecting the existing ones -factories are monitored by environmentalist groups to ensure the safety of the environment -most of the nuclear waste has become contained, but Russia is still struggling to overcome the side effecs-Russia is trying to move the pipeline and oil leaks

The Earth is surrounded by __________.

#NAME?

Where does Earth get most of its energy?

#NAME?

What is the energy the Earth receives from the sun called?

#NAME?

What happens to the incoming Visible solar energy when it reaches the atmosphere?

-the incoming Visible solar energy has a very short wavelength and passes right through the atmosphere-the Earth's surface absorbs the solar energy and releases it back to the atmosphere as IR radiation, some of which goes right back to space

What happens to some of the IR radiation emitted by Earth?

-some of it is absorbed by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and back towards Earth's surface

What happens when some of the IR radiation emitted by Earth is absorbed by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and back towards Earth's surface?

-it warms Earth's surface

What are three main gases in our atmosphere that contribute to the greenhouse effect?

#NAME?

What do carbon dioxide, methane, and water do with the IR radiation emitted by Earth?

#NAME?

What does the re-radiation caused by carbon dioxide, methane, and water cause?

#NAME?

What is supposed to increase the warming caused by greenhouse gases?

#NAME?

What are three global warming issues?

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What explanations are given that support the idea that the causes of climate change are well understood?

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