CAIE IGCSE Biology 20.3.3 Sources and Effects of Pollution Questions

Practise linking human sources of methane and carbon dioxide to the enhanced greenhouse effect and climate change.

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identify cattle and rice farming as methane sources and combustion as a carbon dioxide source
state that methane and carbon dioxide absorb outgoing heat as greenhouse gases
link increased greenhouse-gas concentrations to the enhanced greenhouse effect and climate change

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Fig. 6.1 shows part of the carbon cycle in the ocean.

Fig. 6.1 (not to scale)

Describe the effect on the environment of additional carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

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