Climate Nouns
This noun means a large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry.
What is a flood?
This verb means to influence or cause a change in something.
What is affect?
This adjective means something that is huge or unusually great in size or amount.
What is enormous?
This type of animal is important for pollination, as they pollinate 5% of the plants humans use for food or medicine.
What are birds?
This state's main city is home to a population of nearly 8.8 million residents, which is larger than the population of 39 individual U.S. states!
What is New York?
This noun means a fire that is burning strongly and out of control on an area of grass in the countryside.
What is a wildfire?
This verb means to make something smaller in size or amount.
What is reduce?
This adjective means something that is extremely important.
What is vital?
This animal's remains help nourish other animals on the ocean floor.
What are whales?
This "Lone Star State" is the second-largest U.S. state by both area and population.
What is Texas?
This noun means a period of time when the weather is much hotter than usual.
What is a heatwave?
This verb means to show your intention to harm someone with your actions or words.
What is threaten?
This adverb means extremely.
What is immensely?
This refers to the type of hunting that threatens African Elephants.
What is poaching?
This state is home to Tarpon Springs, a city with the highest population of Greek-Americans in the entire U.S.! The city is also known as the "Sponge Capital of the World," while this state's nickname is "The Sunshine State."
What is Florida?
This noun means a long period where there is little or no rain.
What is a drought?
This verb means to become smaller in size or amount or fewer in number.
What is to dwindle?
This adjective means something that causes serious damage.
What is severe?
Sea turtles are losing the beaches where they lay eggs because of this environmental occurrence.
What is earth erosion?
This is the first ever state in the U.S., as it was the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. It only has three counties, and is the second smallest state!
What is Delaware?
This noun means the natural environment where a particular plant or animal species lives. Climate change is threatening many of these for different animals.
What is a habitat?
This verb means to provide people or living things with food in order to make them grow and keep them healthy.
What is nourish?
This adverb means using methods in a way that does not harm the environment so that natural resources are still available in the future.
What is sustainably?
This animal is vital for ecological balance, as they hunt herbivores such as sheep and goats. As a result, these animals don’t overgraze the land, creating shortages for other animals lower down the food chain.
What are snow leopards?
This is "Tar Heel" state is where Miss Sophie was born ... it is also where Pepsi was invented and where the first airplane was flown!
What is North Carolina?