Greenhouse Gases
the chemical symbol for water
What is H2O?
changes in coastlines from rising seas
What is an effect of climate change?
burning these is the biggest contributor to greenhouse gases in our atmosphere
What is Fossil Fuels?
a long-term shift in Earth's average temperture and weather patterns
What is Climate Change?
this biological system takes in larges amounts of carbon dioxide and filters it to release as oxygen
What are Forests?
the gas absorbed by plants
What is Carbon Dioxide (CO2)?
a gradual rise in the surface temperture of the Earth
What is a cause of global warming?
when large areas of trees or removed
What is Deforestation
an increase in average temperatures due to green house gases
What is Global Warming?
scientists drill into the ice in Antartica to extract air bubbles to see historical greenhouse gas levels
What is a Ice Core?
What is Methane gas?
a build up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
What is a cause of global wamring?
to change waste materials into products different than their original use
What is Recycling?
the way certain greenhouse gases trap heat
What is the Greenhouse effect?
these three countries currently release the highest amounts of carbon dioxide in the world
What is China, the United States, and India?
makes up 78 % of our atmosphere (not a greenhouse gas)
What is Nitrogen?
burning fossil fuels and forest fires
What is a cause of global warming
a long period of time where ice sheets cover large areas of the Earth
What is an Ice Age?
the layer of gases that surround the Earth
What is the Atmosphere?
soil that is kept below freezing points, that if thawed, release ancient methane gases into the atmosphere
What is Permafrost?
the most abundant greenhouse gas
What is Carbon Dioxide?
changes in seasonal rainfall amounts
What is an effect of climate change?
warm ocean water and changing chemistry cause coral reefs to turn white and starve, a process known as
What is Coral Bleaching?
a variety of species (plants and animals) living in a habitat
What is Biodiversity?
adopted in 2015, this international treaty aims to hold global temperature rise below 2 degrees celcius
What is the Paris Agreement?