GARP SCR - CHAPTER 1 Questions and Answers with Verified
Solutions | Latest 2026 Update
Q: Aerosols
Answer:
Create a cooling effect that partially offsets the warming, can remain suspended
for days/weeks. Come from fossil fuels with sulfur impurities that react to form
sulfate aerosols.
Other types include: black carbon aerosols (incomplete combustion), mineral dust
(agricultural
activities)
Q: H2O
Answer:
H2O emissions contribute nothing to atmospheric abundance, based solely on
temperature
, GARP SCR - CHAPTER 1 Questions and Answers with Verified
Solutions | Latest 2026 Update
Q: water vapor feedback
Answer:
The net effect of increasing water vapor in global warming. Positive
feedback loop because increase in temperature increases water vapor which increases
temperature....etc.
Q: Natural Processes that affect the climate
Answer:
Tectonics, output of the sun, orbital variations,
unforced variability
Q: Orbital Variations
Answer:
Elliptical variations over 100,000 years
Tilt of Earth 22.3 to 24.5 degrees over 41,000 years
Date of closest approach to the sun over 23,000 years
These will cause ice ages, but minimal change over the course of a century
Solutions | Latest 2026 Update
Q: Aerosols
Answer:
Create a cooling effect that partially offsets the warming, can remain suspended
for days/weeks. Come from fossil fuels with sulfur impurities that react to form
sulfate aerosols.
Other types include: black carbon aerosols (incomplete combustion), mineral dust
(agricultural
activities)
Q: H2O
Answer:
H2O emissions contribute nothing to atmospheric abundance, based solely on
temperature
, GARP SCR - CHAPTER 1 Questions and Answers with Verified
Solutions | Latest 2026 Update
Q: water vapor feedback
Answer:
The net effect of increasing water vapor in global warming. Positive
feedback loop because increase in temperature increases water vapor which increases
temperature....etc.
Q: Natural Processes that affect the climate
Answer:
Tectonics, output of the sun, orbital variations,
unforced variability
Q: Orbital Variations
Answer:
Elliptical variations over 100,000 years
Tilt of Earth 22.3 to 24.5 degrees over 41,000 years
Date of closest approach to the sun over 23,000 years
These will cause ice ages, but minimal change over the course of a century
