Summers are hot and winters are cold in New Jersey is a description of this
What is climate?
What is ecological footprint?
The ozone layer is important to human health because it protects us from this
What is UV radiation?
Climate scientists can make recommendations but cannot set laws to reduce global climate change. The power to enact laws are the responsibility of these.
What are governments?
We are planning to construct a new basketball arena. In order to not increase the carbon footprint, the arena is placed in the middle of a city so that people can access it by
What is public transportation?
This type of air holds more moisture. (Hint: temperature)
What is warm air?
To reduce the global temperature from increasing further, we need to reduce this
What are global emissions or the use of fossil fuels?
Precipitation patterns are changing due to this. (Be specific)
What is global climate change?
A drastic reduction in fossil fuels, would be one way to reduce the effects of this
What is global climate change?
Healthy ecosystems can replace this type of resource
What are renewable resources?
Gases in the atmosphere that contribute to the warming of temperature is described as this effect
What is the Greenhouse effect?
Compared to the biomes that existed in 1620, more than half of the land are now covered by
What are anthromes?
This is the cause of the following events:
Ecosystem changes that impact multiple species
An increase in the greenhouse effect
What is the burning of fossil fuels by humans increasing the carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere?
The decrease in CFCs over the last 20 years is a direct result of
What is the global banning of CFCs?
Reducing the amount of solid waste that a household reduces the amount of land needed for these
What are landfills?
This weather phenomenon contributes most to ocean currents
What is the wind?
The increase in carbon dioxide in our environment contributes to these two ecological problems
What are acid rain and global climate change?
Ocean acidification is caused by
What is an increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere/increased dissolved carbon dioxide in the oceans?
Installing solar panels on a shopping mall is a good idea because solar energy is an example of
What is a renewable resource?
The three main greenhouse gases
What are Water vapor, carbon dioxide and methane
Cows contribute greatly to global warming because of the release of this greenhouse gas
What is methane?
PCBs persist in ecosystems despite being banned because of this
What is biomagnification?