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Climate Change Vocabulary

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  • Define Deforestation.
    The removal or clearing of large areas of forest.
  • What is the natural home of a plant or animal called? A) Environment B) Habitat C) Species
    Habitat
  • What do you call a person who doesn’t believe something is true? A) Blasphemous 2) Off the hook 3) Skeptic
    A skeptic
  • Why does cutting down forests (deforestation) make global warming worse?
    Trees absorb carbon dioxide. Without them, there’s more CO₂ in the air, which warms the planet.
  • __________ is the gradual increase in Earth’s temperature caused by too many greenhouse gases trapping heat in the atmosphere.
    Global Warming
  • Use the word "undeniable" correctly in a sentence.
    Answers vary. Example (scientists agree climate change is undeniable)
  • What are fossil fuels? name two.
    Natural fuels like coal, oil, and gas that come from ancient plants and animals.
  • What does extinction mean?
    When a species disappears completely; there are no more of that animal or plant left.
  • What is the term that describes the gases that trap heat in the Earth’s atmosphere?
    Greenhouse gas
  • Which word means "to attack a problem in order to solve it"? A) cover-up B) Tackle C) Freakish
    B) Tackle
  • The solution to climate change isn’t __________ because it involves politics, economics, and global cooperation. a) irreversible b) spontaneous c) clear-cut
    C) clear-cut
  • What is carbon dioxide (CO₂)? How does it relate to climate change?
    A gas made when humans burn fossil fuels; it’s one of the main greenhouse gases.
  • __________  (weather/climate) is the long-term pattern of temperature and weather conditions in an area. __________ (weather/climate) is what’s happening outside today.
    Climate  is the long-term pattern of temperature and weather conditions in an area. Weather is what’s happening outside today.
  • Describe with your own words what happens in the "greenhouse effect"
    It’s when gases in the atmosphere trap heat from the sun and warm the Earth.
  • Use the word "time-sensitive" in a sentence.
    Answers vary. The essay is time-sensitive
  • What word means "the destroying of something"
    Destruction
  • An __________ is a community of animals, plants, and microorganisms that live and interact with each other and their environment. (Environment, Ecosystem, Extinction)
    Ecosystem
  • What is the word for "replanting a forest that has been destroyed or removed"
    Reforestation
  • What does the phrase "off the hook" mean?
    Not responsable for something anymore.
  • What is the "carbon footprint"?
    the amount of greenhouse gases contributed by a single person or group
  • Which word means "the effect something has on someone or something"? A) Impact B) clear-cut C) Susceptible
    A) Impact