Weather vs. Climate
This is the short-term condition of the atmosphere you experience day to day.
What is weather?
These gases trap heat near Earth’s surface.
What are greenhouse gases?
Alaska’s glaciers have been losing about this much ice every year since 2003.
What is 50 gigatons?
Coral lose their color because of warming oceans in a process called this.
What is coral bleaching?
What is solar power?
What is, Energy from the sun.
This is the long-term average of temperature, rain, wind, and clouds over many years.
What is climate?
The process where gases trap heat and keep Earth warm enough for life.
What is the greenhouse effect
Melting ice adds water to these.
What are the oceans?
About this percentage of coral reefs are under threat from rising ocean temperatures.
What is 75%?
Energy created by moving air.
What is wind power?
What is weather? Give an example!
Saying “It’s freezing today!” is describing this.
Two important greenhouse gases released by human activities.
What are carbon dioxide and methane?
Since the last Ice Age, sea levels have risen about this many meters.
What is 120 meters?
Europe could become cooler if this ocean “conveyor belt” slows down.
What are ocean currents?
Energy from heat deep inside Earth.
What is geothermal energy?
Scientists study this to understand long-term patterns on Earth.
What is climate?
Without greenhouse gases, Earth would be far too this for life.
What is cold?
Frozen ground that can release greenhouse gases when it thaws.
What is permafrost?
This happens when algae leave coral because the water becomes too warm.
What is coral bleaching?
Burning these fuels creates most human greenhouse gas emissions.
What are fossil fuels: coal, natural gas, oil?
Climate is compared to this human trait because it describes long-term patterns.
What is personality?
Water vapor, methane, nitrous oxide, and carbon dioxide make up this invisible layer.
What is Earth’s heat-trapping “blanket” or atmosphere?
Scientists compare 50 gigatons of ice to melting this many Empire State Buildings made of ice.
What is 10,000?
Put these four events in order: Ice melts, Earth warms, gases escape, heat rises.
What is heat rises → ice melts → gases escape → Earth warms?
In 2016, more than 190 nations supported this climate agreement.
What is the Paris Climate Agreement.