What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather refers to short-term, climate describes what the weather is like over a long period of time in a specific area.
Name two human behaviors that cause negative climate change.
Industrial power plants, burning fossil fuels, cutting down trees, farming billions of cows (cow farts)
Is earth hundreds, millions, or billions of years old?
billions
TRUE or FALSE: Carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere allow heat to escape the planet into outer space
FALSE! They trap heat, keeping earth warm.
What is this layer of gases surrounding Earth...commonly known as 'air'?
Earth's atmosphere
Where does methane gas come from?
The production and transport of coal, natural gas, and oil OR Methane emissions also result from livestock
This effect refers to the retention of the Sun's warmth in the Earth's lower atmosphere.
The Greenhouse Effect
TRUE or FALSE: Earth's average temperature has increased over the past 100 years.
TRUE
______________ does not change day-to-day or even month-to-month, but usually takes hundreds, thousands, or millions of years to change.
Climate
TRUE or FALSE: Global warming is caused by too much carbon dioxide and other gases entering our atmosphere.
TRUE