What term describes an increase in the average temperature of the Earth's surface?
Global warming
Burning fossil fuels increases the amount of what gas in the atmosphere? (C______ D_____)
Carbon Dioxide
What term describes the cutting down of trees to clear land for buildings or farming?
Deforestation
What type of energy does Carbon Dioxide trap on the Earth?
Thermal (heat)
What type of materials can be recycled?
Paper, plastic, metal, glass
Humans burn fossil fuels, which increases the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. What is this process called?
Combustion
Give one result of climate change
Melting ice caps / sea levels rising / temperatures rising
Deforestation leads to a decrease in oxygen, resulting in an increase of which other gas?
Carbon dioxide
At ____ most of our coral reefs will disappear
1 degree C
At ___ sea levels will rise
2 degrees C
At ___ The Amazon Rainforest might burn down
3 degrees C
Sadly human _____ is increasing the amount of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere
Activity
We should use [more/less] wind and solar enegy
more
