Climate Change
Factors that Impact Climate
Impacts of Climate Change
Climate Change Terminology
Climate Resilience
100

The name of the process where gases trap heat in Earth's atmosphere

What is the Greenhouse effect?

100

The term for widespread removal of trees from an area

What is Deforestation?

100

Climate change can exacerbate air pollution, leading to respiratory illnesses increasing the risk of this disease

What is asthma? 

100

The long-term change in average weather patterns, including rising temperatures and changing precipitation

What is climate change?

100

This term describes a system's ability to withstand and recover from shocks, like extreme weather events, and maintain its essential functions

What is Climate resilience?

200

Name the gas produced by cows that is a potent greenhouse gas

What is methane?

200

Activity that releases large amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, contributing to the greenhouse effect

How do fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas) impact climate change?

200

As average global temperatures rise, this is becoming more common, causing wildfires and disrupting ecosystems

What are heat waves?

200

The process of reducing emissions of greenhouse gases

What is climate mitigation?

200

The term for a community working to restore a degraded ecosystem, like a riverbank, to improve its ability to absorb storm surges

What is ecosystem restoration?

300

Name the gas that is responsible for the largest percentage of the warming effect

What is Carbon Dioxide?

300

Daily activity that emits large amounts of greenhouse gases

How does transportation impact climate change?

300

This is an example of what? During Hurricane Katrina, over 1 million people were displaced from their homes. The neighborhood of Lower Ninth Ward was hit the hardest due to lack of insurance, savings and transportation to evacuate.

What is example of poverty of displacement

300

The process of and adapting to the impacts of climate change

What is climate adaptation?

300

This group of people can help improve early warning systems for extreme weather or develop and communicate emergency plans

How can local governments help build climate resilience?

400

This term refers to the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions caused by an individual, organization, or activity

What is the carbon footprint?

400

These activities produce emissions through fossil fuels to produce energy for things such as cement, iron, steel, electronics, plastics, and clothes

How does manufacturing and industry impact climate change?

400

Many species are struggling to adapt to changing temperatures and habitats, which is resulting in declines in population size

What is biodiversity loss?

400

This term refers to the goal and actions aimed at reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide levels to below 300 parts per million

What is climate restoration?

400

Ensuring the equitable benefits and addressing vulnerabilities

Why is it important to include marginalized communities in climate resilience planning?

500

The process where the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, leading to acidification

What is ocean acidification?

500

Name of the natural and cyclical changes in Earth's orbit that affect the amount of solar radiation received by the planet

What are the Milankovitch cycles?

500

The movement of water in the oceans, including currents and tides, is directly affected by climate change

How do these changes affect sea life? 

500

The process of capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or industrial emissions and storing it to prevent it from entering the atmosphere.

What is Carbon Sequestration?

500

This organization provides global policy framework for climate resilience

How can the United Nations help with climate resilience?