Vocabulary
The process of moving people from rural areas to urban areas or cities
What is urbanization
True or False: Greenhouse gases negatively effect our global climate?
What is false
This refers to long term weather patterns over a specific area
What is climate
Burning fossil fuels and forest fires
What is the cause of global warming
This disrupts the carbon cycle by the removal of trees, resulting in more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
Deforestation
A system with a negative carbon balance
What is carbon sink
Due to this, heat is trapped near the Earth keeping it warm and suitable for life
This is checked daily vs over a long period of time
what is weather
These cause ash and smoke to emit into the atmosphere
What are volcanic eruptions
These 3 R's are human ways to improve the quality of the enviroment
What is reduce, reuse and recycle
A sudden or gradual change in Earth's climate
What is climate change
Name two greenhouse gases
What are Carbon Dioxide, Methane, Nitrous Oxide
A long period of Earth cooling in which ice sheets cover vast areas of Earth's surface
What is an ice age
These two words are interchangeable when referring to the sudden or gradual increase in Earth's temperature
What are climate change and global warming
This cannot be made instantly, and takes years to develop but can be used within minutes to hours
What is a non-renewable natural resource
The amount of greenhouse gases that humans release as a result of our own activities
What is carbon footprint
This gas is absorbed by trees
What is carbon dioxie
Climate is determined over...
What is time
Livestock, such as cows, significantly contribute to global warming by producing large amounts of this gas
What is Methane
He who speaks for the trees
Who is the Lorax
These are substances rich in carbon that form from the remains of organisms
What is fossil fuels
respiration and decomposition of plants and the ocean
What are natural sources of greenhouse gases
What is an air mass
These synthetic gases have the highest global warming potential, even if present in smaller amounts than CO2
What are Fluorinated gases
This type of marine system are experiencing mass bleaching events due to increased sea surface temperatures
What are coral reefs