Definitions 1
El Nino
A warm current from the water that replaces the cool ocean current along Peru and Ecuador
Ultraviolet Light
the range of wavelength just beyond violet in the visible spectrum. Invisible to humans, yet capable of causing skin cancer.
How does El Nino affect the climate?
Every 2-7 years a warm current becomes warmer than normal causing dry weather, rain and flooding, and dead fish
What did the 1987 Montreal Protocol treaty ban to protect ozone and prevent growth of the ozone hole?
Chlorofluorocarbons
Ozone
a gas in the earth's upper atmosphere that screens most of the sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation
La Nina
an ocean/atmosphere phenomenon that is the opposite of El Nino
What Bible verse should guide Christians when considering the facts about global warming?
1 Thessalonians 5:21
We are ______ of God's creation.
stewards
Plankton
tiny plant and animal organisms found in the oceans
Creation
the formation of everything by God
Name one of the errors that affects temperature records
1. Heat island effect
2. placing shelters near heat sources
3. changing instruments
What Bible verse tells us that we are responsible for taking care of God's creation?
Genesis 2:15
Pollution
harmful or unsafe waste products
Environmentalist
someone concerned with the environment
_______ show that deforestation estimates in places like Brazil have been exaggerated.
Satellite images/pictures
Living simpler lives, as some scientists suggest, will prevent and solve environmental problems.
True or False
False
Greenhouse (effect) warming
the phenomena of a steady, gradual rise of temperatures
Steward
a person who looks out favorably for the property of another
Despite claims that global warming has led to an increase in dangerous storms, scientists have found that there has been no change in what seven weather events
1. hurricane landfalls
2. droughts
3. floods
4. tornadoes or thunderstorms
5. East coast winter storms
6. heat waves
7. cold spells
Sin is the root cause of pollution. Christians should work together to bring people to Christ and clean the planet.