Climate Change
What is the long-term change in Earth's temperature and weather patterns?
What is climate change?
What is the most abundant greenhouse gas?
What is water vapor?
Where is the “good” ozone layer located?
What is the stratosphere?
What is an endangered species?
What is a species at serious risk of extinction?
What is one way humans contribute to global warming?
What is burning fossil fuels or deforestation?
What is one major consequence of rising global temperatures?
What is sea level rise, melting ice caps, or more extreme weather?
Which greenhouse gas is mainly produced from burning fossil fuels?
What is carbon dioxide (CO₂)?
What harmful rays does the ozone layer block?
What are ultraviolet (UV) rays?
What is a major cause of habitat loss?
What is deforestation or urbanization?
What is the process of removing forests for human use?
What is deforestation?
What part of the ocean is most affected by heat absorption?
What is the surface layer?
What gas is released from cattle and landfills?
What is methane (CH₄)?
What chemicals were responsible for ozone depletion?
What are chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)?
What is an invasive species?
What is a non-native species that harms ecosystems?
What is one method to reduce carbon emissions?
What is switching to renewable energy or improving efficiency?
What is ocean acidification?
What is the decrease in ocean pH caused by CO₂ absorption?
Which greenhouse gas has the highest global warming potential?
What is nitrous oxide or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)?
What agreement phased out CFCs globally?
What is the Montreal Protocol?
What federal law protects threatened and endangered species in the U.S.?
What is the Endangered Species Act?
What is carbon sequestration?
What is the process of capturing and storing CO₂?
How does climate change affect biodiversity?
What is it disrupts habitats, migration patterns, and causes extinctions?
What is the greenhouse effect?
What is the trapping of heat in Earth’s atmosphere by greenhouse gases?
What is a health risk from too much UV exposure?
What is skin cancer, cataracts, or immune suppression?
What is a biodiversity hotspot?
What is a region with high species richness and high threat levels?
What is one global effort to limit climate change?
What is the Paris Agreement?