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The three major sources of carbon dioxide emissions from humans
factories, power plants and transportation
Two ways cows produce methane
Farts and Burps
The chemical formula of water vapour
H2O
An activity Canadian adults can do once every four years to participate in climate action
Vote
Forest Fires, Flood and Droughts are examples of extreme ________ events occurring more frequently and intensely due to climate change
Weather
The chemical formula of carbon dioxide
CO2
Organic matter like food scraps produce methane in the landfill because they are buried and this element is not present
Oxygen
Water vapour is a greenhouse gas because it absorbs _________ radiated from Earth and prevents it from escaping out into space.
Heat
What we learned climate change is interfering with in the community of Kitsumkalum, Tsimshian Nation
Food Security
When greenhouse gasses trap heat in the atmosphere
The Greenhouse Effect
The time in history when carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere started to increase significantly
The Industrial Revolution
There is archaeological evidence that people have been living along the west coast of what is now known as Canada for about ____________ years.
14,000
Climate change increases the rate of ___________ because warm air can hold more moisture
Evaporation
Members of the Ts'msyen Nation have noticed that _________ runs are starting to fail.
Salmon
Fuels that release large amounts of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide when burned
Fossil Fuels
Methane is at least ________ times more potent than Carbon Dioxide
25
The 3 main human activities that produce methane
Agriculture, fossil fuels and waste
Water vapour is the most ___________ greenhouse gas.
___________ surfaces absorb a lot of solar energy
Dark
Some of the sun's solar energy is absorbed by the earth and released into the atmosphere as this type of energy
Heat
The goal of the Paris Agreement was to limit the global rise in temperature to this maximum amount above pre-industrial levels
1.5 degrees celcius
CH4
The term used to describe higher amounts of carbon dioxide, methane, water vapour and other gases trapping heat in the atmosphere
The Greenhouse Effect
A term describing the amount of solar energy (sunlight) that is reflected off a surface
Albedo
What many power plants burn fossil fuels to produce
Electricity