Greenhouse Gases
The most dominant greenhouse gas
What is water vapour?
The instrument used to measure temperature
What is a thermometer?
The process of coral losing their colourful algae into warming waters
What is coral bleaching?
The type of fuel of coal, oil, and natural gas
What is fossil fuel?
The type of radiation responsible for heat
What is infrared radiation?
The short-term changes to rainfall, temperature, and humidity
What is weather?
The long-term increase in Earth's temperature
What is global warming?
The revolutionary period that begin in the late 1700's
What is the industrial revolution?
The name of the molecule CH4
What is methane?
The minimum number of years that weather data is used to establish a climate
What is 30 years?
The type of climate change that results from human activities
What is anthropogenic climate change?
The gas released by livestock and landfills
What is methane?
The type of light that does NOT interact with atmospheric gases
What is visible light?
The layer of the atmosphere where all weather occurs
What is the troposphere?
The amount a surface reflects light back into space
What is albedo?
The act of storing atmospheric carbon long-term
What is carbon sequestrating?