Temperature
Classified as temperature on a daily basis
What is the weather?
Released by cars, tractors, factories, etc.
What is Carbon dioxide
Why has the population been growing so much?
Because of the abundance of resources that can sustain larger populations
Cars that do not release CO2 to the atmosphere
What are electric cars?
A species of animals or plants that invade an area not native to them and take over
What are invasive species?
Average temperatures in a certain region over long periods of time
What is climate?
The reason for air pollution, smog, and acid rain
What are Carbon emissions
Resources that never run out
What are renewable resources?
The process of taking something, breaking it down, and turning it into something new.
What is recycling?
What are tractors?
What is climate change?
What is global warming?
Gases in the Earth's atmosphere that traps heat in
What are greenhouse gases?
Resources with a limited supply, that do run out
What are nonrenewable resources?
Large devices, typically in isolated areas, that generate energy when their blades spin with the wind
What are wind turbines?
Is there a correlation between carbon emissions into the air and global temepratures rising?
Yes
More Carbon dioxide means hotter temperatures
An agreement made by multiple nations to keep the global temperature from rising to 2 degrees celsius
What is the Paris Climate Agreement?
Excessive amounts of greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere, which trap too much heat in the Earth, causing it to warm up even more.
What is global warming?
When chemicals, fertilisers, and other harmful substances run off into land and water systems, they kill off many species of animals
What causes loss of biodiversity?
Why is it important to reduce carbon emissions?
To reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere so that the air would be cleaner, and the temperatures would be cooler, and so on.
Act of cutting down trees
What is deforestation?
Note: deforestation can destroy the habitats of some animal species, and it gets rid of trees that would suck in the carbon from the air.
A prolonged period of time when an area doesn't get water because it's too hot and dry
What is a drought?
The burning of these substances can drive cars, aeroplanes, and bring electricity, but they are limited.
What are fossil fuels?