Greenhouse Gases
This gas is released from decomposing waste and bacteria and affects redirected energy.
Methane
What is the main source of energy for the Earth?
The sun
If methane increases, energy in the Earth system will do this.
Increase
This phrase means energy coming from the Sun to Earth.
Energy entering Earth's system.
This human activity releases carbon dioxide when people burn coal, oil, or gas for energy.
Burning fossil fuels/ combustion
Carbon dioxide and methane belong to this group of gases.
Greenhouse Gases
Another way of saying energy leaving Earth and going toward space.
energy exiting the Earth system
If carbon dioxide decreases, energy in the Earth system will do this.
Decrease
This phrase means energy that leaves Earth and goes into space.
Energy exiting Earth's system
What are 3 ways humans can help the environment?
Teacher decides
This gas increases when fossil fuels are burned.
Vocab word: Combustion
Carbon Dioxide
When more energy enters the Earth system than exits, the Earth will do this.
Warm
Scientists discover that carbon dioxide increased in the atmosphere millions of years ago.
What likely happened to energy absorbed by Earth’s surface?
Increase
phrase means energy taken in by Earth’s surface.
Energy absorbed by Earth's surface.
Planting more trees can help reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere because trees do this.
Trees absorb carbon dioxide to perform photosynthesis.
If greenhouse gases increase, more energy leaving Earth is __________ back toward Earth.
Redirected
When more energy exits the Earth system than enters, the Earth will do this.
Earth will cool
Scientists measure that more energy exits the Earth system than enters.
What will likely happen to global temperature?
Decrease / Earth cools?
This phrase means energy leaving Earth gets bounced back toward Earth.
Energy being redirected towards Earth's surface.
Switching from fossil fuels to this type of energy can reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Examples include solar and wind power.
Renewable Energy
When greenhouse gases decrease, the amount of energy in the Earth system will do this. Explain Why.
Decrease, because there is less greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to redirect energy back to Earth, allowing more energy to exit.
This describes energy that leaves Earth but is bounced back toward Earth by gases in the atmosphere.
Redirected energy
Bacteria that produce methane decrease in number, causing methane in the atmosphere to decrease.
What happens to the amount of energy redirected back toward Earth?
Less energy is redirected back toward Earth?
This phrase means energy leaves the Earth system and does not return.
Energy redirected toward outer space OR more energy exiting Earth's system than entering.
What were the two solutions that were mapped out in the article " Climate Change Solutions "?
Reduce Combustion- like
Remove Greenhouse gases- like