Solar, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal, nuclear, and tidal energy
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What is a climate model?
Complex computer programs that predict temperature, precipitation, and other atmospheric conditions
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What may happen to an organism that cannot adapt to climate changes?
It may go extinct.
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What is a fossil fuel?
Energy-rich substances formed from the remains of organisms
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What can you do to reduce your carbon footprint?
Answers will vary.
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What happened after 1800 that increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere?
The industrial revolution
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Describe the greenhouse effect.
The sun's energy reaches the Earth where the surface is heated. Some heat is radiated into space, but some is absorbed by gases which radiate it back to Earth.
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What are gases that absorb heat leaving Earth's surface called?
Greenhouse Gases
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What are three ways we can limit global warming?
Using clean energy sources, efficient energy practices/technologies, and carbon capture