Climate Section:

1.  There is a lot of debate in society about the greenhouse effect.  Explain what it is, what gases are involved, and the supposed benefits and draw backs of the greenhouse effect.  

2. a) Explain how and why ice core sampling or tree rings are used as a source of scientific data for evidence of climate change.  

b) Which one goes back the farthest in time?  

3.  Identify and describe the indicators of global climate change that is happening today.  Be specific in your answers.  

 

Tissues and Organs Section:

 

1.  After hockey practise you notice a bruise forming on your leg.  How will the bruise heal?  Which systems will be involved in the healing process?  What is happening at the cellular level?  

2.  A friend of yours has been smoking cigarettes for a couple of years. You decide to enlighten him about the hazards of smoking.   In the hopes that this will help convince him to quit smoking, you describe the following terms:  a carcinogen, growth of cancerous cells, and normal cells.   

3.  Which organ system is involved in gas exchange?  Explain the role of the major organs with respect to gas exchange.  Also, explain the cell specialization in the various organs of this system.  

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CLIMATE SECTION 1GREENHOUSE EFFECT The greenhouse effect is a process of trapping the Suns heat by the atmosphere of the earth This makes Earth much warmer than before It is one of the things that mak... View the full answer