Vocabulary
General weather patterns over a long period of time
What is Climate?
Cows do this when digesting their food and it contributes to global warming.
What is fart and/or burp?
This gas is made up of two oxygen atoms.
What is oxygen?
These two wheeled vehicles are one solution to driving cars.
What are bikes?
When more energy enters the atmosphere then exits, this happens to the temperature.
What is increases (gets warmer)?
A mixture of gases surrounding a planet
What is atmosphere?
Cars contribute this gas to the environment.
What is carbon dioxide?
This gas is made of up of one carbon and two oxygen atoms.
What is carbon dioxide?
These vehicles carry many people at the same time.
What are buses?
When more energy exits the atmosphere than enters, this happens to the temperature.
What is decreases (gets colder)?
Overall tendency in a set of data over time
What is a trend?
What are trees?
This gas is made up of one carbon and four hydrogen molecules.
What is methane?
Scientists look for these kinds of patterns in data to determine what is happening over a long period of time.
What are trends?
Variations in a set of data
What are fluctuations?
One of the biggest contributing factor to global warming is this.
What is industry/heat production?
This gas makes up the majority of our atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
This alternative energy source uses the sun's energy.
What is solar power?
When energy interacts with gases in the atmosphere, this happens.
What is the energy is redirected or bounces?
The process of burning fuels, which produces carbon dioxide.
What is combustion?
This fossil fuel is burned to provide heat and energy.
What is coal? (Or what is natural gas)
These two gases are considered to be contributing to global warming.
What are carbon dioxide and methane?
This alternative energy source requires turbines to collect it.
What is wind?
This gas protects the planet from certain types of UV radiation.
What is ozone?