Renewable energy
This type of energy is produced by the sun
What is solar energy?
The main greenhouse gas
what is Carbon Dioxide?
The long-term shifts in weather and temperature
What is Climate Change?
Because we are having shorter Winters and longer Summers, we run our of this water source earlier
What is Snow Melt?
The action of reducing the severity, seriousness, or painfulness of something
What is Mitigation?
This type of energy is produced by moving water
What is hydropower?
A nonrenewable energy producer that releases greenhouse gasses
What are fossil fuels?
The weather conditions that often occur in an area in general or over a long period of time
What is Climate?
Due to snow melting earlier, there is less water in the Summer. This is an example of ____
What is Drought?
Switching from fossil fuels to this type of energy will reduce the amount of Carbon Dioxide emitted in the air
What is renewable energy?
This type of energy is produced from gusts of air
What is wind energy?
How to shorten the name for Carbon Dioxide
What is CO2?
A natural fuel formed in the prehistoric past from remains of living organisms
What are fossil fuels?
This is the term we use to describe the process of the Earth heating due to gases like Carbon Dioxide
What is the Greenhouse Effect?
This type of mitigation relies on natural processes to reduce the effects of Climate Change
What are Nature-Based Solutions?
This type of energy is produced by the heat from the Earth
What is Geothermal?
According to the chart on the power point, this is the main contributor of Carbon Dioxide emissions
What is transportation?
A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water
What is Drought?
This is a common result of droughts in Summer, especially in areas with dense tree populations
What are Forest Fires?
This man-made system is able to remove one ton of Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere
What is Carbon Capture?
This type of energy is produced from burning organic material and produced greenhouse gas
What is Biomass?
Explain to me the Greenhouse Effect
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The envelope of gasses that surrounds the Earth
What is Atmosphere?
This is the measurement of degrees in Celsius the Earth is predicted to gain by 2050
What is 1.5 degree Celsius?
This system is able to hold and store carbon dioxide while also helping with erosion on coastlines
What is the mangrove forest?