What
This word refers to long-term weather patterns
What is climate?
These gases stay in the Earth's atmosphere and make the planet hotter
What are greenhouse gases?
Who does climate change affect?
What are humans, nature, and animals.
These were created during the Industrial Revolution to create your favorite things.
What are factories?
This is where climate change happens
What is everywhere on Earth?
This word refers to the condition of the air, or atmosphere on different parts of the planet.
What is weather?
Burning greenhouse gases creates this effect when sunlight hits the earth
What is heat trapped in the atmosphere?
What socioeconomic class contributes the most to climate change?
What are wealthy people?
This is how long it takes the climate to change naturally.
What are millions of years?
This continent is known for its melting ice and glaciers.
What is Antartica?
This word refers to the Earth's "bubble"
What is the atmosphere?
This time period refers to the transition from making goods by hand to using machines
What is the industrial revolution?
This city had orange and yellow skies because of Candian wildfires.
What is New York?
This is why the climate is changing in a matter of years and centuries instead of millions of years
What are humans?
This continent has many tsunamis and bad air pollution
What is Asia?
This is an energy source contains natural gas, oil, and coal. It is burned to create energy
What are fossil fuels?
These are major types of renewable (sustainable) energy sources
What is water, solar, and wind power?
This U.S. state might be underwater in a few thousand years because of climate change.
What is Florida?
This time period refers to when the earth was covered in mostly ice and snow.
What is the Ice Age?
This U.S. state recently had snow even though it is in a hot climate.
What is Texas
This refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns
What is climate change?
This is the process where heat is trapped near Earth's surface by substances known as "greenhouse gases."
What is the greenhouse affect?
This is the percentage of greenhouse gas emissions from companies
What is 80%?
The Industrial Revolution began during this time period
What are the 1700s?
This is a place on Earth that is not affected by climate change
What is nowhere?