Climate Change
What is Climate change?
Climate change long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns.
What is global warming?
Global warming is the long-term heating of Earth's surface.
Make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree.
increase
the measure between hot and cold
temperature
Remove (someone) from a place of danger to a safer place .
evacuate
global warming / extreme weather (earthquakes, fires, floods, hurricanes, etc.)
Why does global warming occur?
Overuse of natural resources.
period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water
drought
The process whereby heat changes something from solid to liquid.
melting
To put an end to the existence of something, or by damaging or attacking it.
destroy
An effect of climate change on animals.
- loss/destruction of habitat
- lack of food/resources
- death by starvation, displacement, sickness
What happens when we overuse earth's natural resources?
Un-natural gasses are released and become trapped in the atmosphere, increasing the earth's surface temperature.
amage so bad, things must be replaced, not fixed
destruction
A storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the caribbean.
hurricane
to go beyond filling something with liquid so that it gushes over the edges
overflow
An effect of climate change on humans.
- loss of home/displacement
- sickness/illness
- lack of resources
What is the #1 cause of global warming?
human activities (fossil fuel burning)
is a liquid or frozen water that is created in the atmosphere and falls to the earth
precipitation
A combustible black or dark brown rock consisting mainly of carbonized plant matter, found mainly in underground deposits and widely used as fuel
coal
A slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles.
glacier
Is it possible to reverse climate change?
No, we can never fully reverse it but we can limit its extent and slow it down.
What can humans do to help reduce global warming?
- less meat, more veggies
- more naturally produced produce
- less electricity; unplug devices
- walk / take public transportation
- reduce / reuse / recycle
he base level for measuring elevation and depth on Earth
sea level
taking a forest and destroying it
deforestation
a generic term for non-renewable energy sources such as coal, coal products, natural gas, derived gas, crude oil, petroleum products and non-renewable wastes
fossil fuel