Definitions
A gas in the atmosphere that absorbs heat being radiated from the sun and then re-radiates it back to Earth
Greenhouse Gas
The layer that contains the ozone
Stratosphere
This is the most commonly talked about and humanly produced greenhouse gas
Carbon Dioxide
This natural event is said to be the cause of 1% of climate change
volcanic eruptions
Driving cars produce this greenhouse gas
Carbon Dioxide & Water vapor
The balance of incoming and outgoing energy of Earth
Energy Budget
Clouds and most of the water vapor of our atmosphere exist here
Troposphere
Methane
The Earth naturally moves between these two types of houses, Hot House and Ice House. Which house are we currently in?
Ice House
Eating this type of diet leads to a large impact on the environment
meat diet
gas released into the air by human activities such as driving cars, using energy, or through industry.
emissions
Without this type of gas in our atmosphere, life would not exist on Earth
Greenhouse Gases
Artificial fertilizers release this greenhouse gas into the atmosphere
Nitrous Oxide
Each year Science determine which Spanish weather pattern we are following for the year. These weather patterns are named:
The clearing of a forest results in the release of carbon dioxide and it also increases the __________ of the surface.
Albedo
Long-term average weather patterns
Climate
UV radiation creates and also destroys this molecule which is important to our climate
Ozone
Water Vapor
Our orbit around the sun moves between these two shapes
Circular and Elliptical
Living in this type of housing reduces the amount of energy used per square footage
High-density (apartment, duplex, condo)
The amount of light reflected from a surface
Albedo
Bromine and Chlorine bind to which molecules in the atmosphere to destroy ozone
oxygen
This type of greenhouse gas has the potential to last the longest in our atmosphere
Halo Carbons
This shape of orbital pattern around the sun results in more extreme temperatures
Elliptical
These are 5 stresses the natural environment is experiencing due to Climate Change
Forest Fires, Flooding, Extreme Temperatures and Weather, Drought, Loss of Glaciers/Permanent Ice, Rising sea levels, etc.