Climate change
human impact
U.S. government
Teens
Vocabulary
100

Climate change will make more storms what?

Severe and more frequent.

100

Humans burning what led to gas being released into the atmosphere?

What is fossil fuels.

100

Other than Levi how many others sued the U.S. government?

20

100

Jaime Butler, 17, of Flagstaff, Ariz., had to move from her home in where?

Navajo.

100

A red tide

a discoloration of seawater caused by a bloom of toxic red dinoflagellates.

200

Climate changes causes what?

Droughts in certain areas.

200

Human activities have been increasing the amount of greenhouse gases in the

Atmosphere

200

The young people say the U.S. government allowed and continues to encourage the use of

Fossil fuels

200

Levi had to leave his home because

Of strong hurricanes.

200

Climate change (2 ways to say)

1.Long-term, significant change in the climate of Earth. 2. Change in global or regional climate patterns

300

 A red tide can develop when

Harmful ocean algae grow out of control.

300

What is one way we can try to prevent climate change?

(2 examples) 

answers will vary. 

300

The U.S. government has known for decades that fossil-fuel emissions lead to?

climate change

300

Why did Levi have trouble breathing during the red tides?

The harmful ocean algae in the tides. 

300

Greenhouse gas

A gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing heat. Carbon dioxide is one example of a greenhouse gas.

400

Islands in the Pacific Ocean are at risk of disappearing due to

Sea levels rising.

400

Deforestation causes what? and how? 

It causes global warming, it causes this because if there are less trees there is more carbon dioxide and carbon dioxide also causes heat. 

400

When was the trial set

October 29, 2018

400

Nathan Baring faces more severe ice storms and

Bad air quality from summer wildfires.

400

Atmosphere

The envelope of gases surrounding Earth or another planet.