AP Environmental Science Flashcards: Global Climate Change

Study Global Climate Change in AP Environmental Science with focused flashcards that help you recognize the idea, recall the key rule, and apply it in practice-style prompts.

QUESTION

What is ocean acidification?

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The decrease in pH of ocean water due to absorbed CO₂. Ocean absorbs atmospheric $CO_2$ , forming carbonic acid that lowers pH.

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AP Environmental Science: Global Change

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What this deck covers

This deck focuses on Global Climate Change, giving you a quick way to review the definitions, rules, and examples that matter most for AP Environmental Science.

How to use these flashcards

Work through these flashcards in short sessions. Try to answer each prompt before flipping the card, then revisit any cards you miss until the explanation feels automatic.

Practice questions

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Two ice cores are compared. Core X shows CO

_2

and temperature rising and falling together over hundreds of thousands of years. Modern measurements show CO

_2

rising sharply since ~1850 alongside a rapid temperature increase. Which statement best interprets this evidence in the context of current climate change?

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