Study Guide for "11th Hour" and "Inconvenient Truth"

Here are some of the main ideas and concrete details which may be found on tomorrow's tests:

"11th Hour"

1. Global warming caused by excess CO2 in atmosphere.
2. Chemicals in air, soil, water have led to increases in many diseases, including ADHD, asthma, and cancer.
3. 11th Hour means "at the last minute".
4. Current sunlight vs. Stored (Ancient) sunlight.
5. We have removed over 90% of the big fish from the oceans.
6. Animals and plant species becoming extinct at a faster rate due to humans.
7. Tens of thousands of hours of TV watched by the time an American is 18, but can name few of the native plant and animal species in their area.
8. Planet's population: from 2 billion to 6 billion in 70 yrs. Took 10,000 generations to get to 2 billion.
9. 99.9% of all animals that ever were are extinct.
10. Burning of fossil fuels creates acid rain.
11. Arctic and Antarctic ice melting due to global warming.
12. Too many of us (especially Americans) using too many resources too fast.
13. CO2 traps in heat.
14. Trees help prevent flooding and soil erosion.
15. For every truckload of lasting product Americans make, we waste 32 truckloads.
16. Exxon-Mobile's profits from last year (33 billion dollars) are more than all American automakers' profits. Combined!

"An Inconvenient Truth"

1. Moulin-a large crack in the ice where water seeps down to its crust.
2. Al Gore: former VP. Won Academy award and Nobel prize.
3. Canary in a coalmine.
4. Difference between sea-based ice and land-based ice.
5. Roger Revelle--Gore's former professor.
6. Ocean conveyor.
7. Strengthening and more frequent storms.
8. Changing/dying ecosystems.
9. Three factors: Population growth, new technologies, new ways of thinking.
10. Does becoming more environmental always equal bad for the economy?

Hope these help you focus your studying tonight. Remember, always involve writing when you study.

Mr. Heneghan