Climate and Climate Change

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  1. 4. An area that absorbs more carbon than it emits. Ex: forest, because the trees absorb more carbon than they emit.
  2. 5. One of Earth's vital signs; the level of the surface of the sea.
  3. 9. The natural process by which the atmosphere traps some of the Sun's energy, warming the Earth enough to support life.
  4. 10. The movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back.
  5. 12. A period of colder global temperatures that features recurring glacial expansion across the Earth's surface (ice age)
  6. 14. The average temperature of Earth.
  7. 16. One of Earth's vital signs; a permanent layer of ice covering an extensive tract of land, especially a polar region.
  8. 18. Any natural resource that can replenish itself in a relatively short period of time, usually no longer than the length of a human life.
  9. 19. The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.
  10. 22. A gas that currently contributes the most to climate change; most living things exhale/breathe out this gas, also produced by the burning of fossil fuels.(CO2)
  11. 23. One of Earth's vital signs; a measurement of the area of ocean where there is at least some sea ice.
  12. 24. A period of the year characterized by particular conditions of weather, and temperature.
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  1. 1. A natural fuel such as coal or gas formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms.
  2. 2. A gas in the atmosphere that contributes to global warming, weather, and climate.
  3. 3. Natural resources that are not replaced in a useful time frame.
  4. 6. The production and discharge of something, especially gas or radiation.
  5. 7. A warmer period between glacial periods
  6. 8. A fuel made out of things such as crops.
  7. 11. Overall weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.
  8. 13. The gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere, mainly due to gases being emitted making the greenhouse effect trap in more heat.
  9. 15. The planet on which we live.
  10. 17. Supplies the energy for the water cycle
  11. 20. A gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect.
  12. 21. Greenhouse gas that comes from burning fossil fuels, leaking pipelines, fracking, cows, decomposition of once living things (CH4)
  13. 22. Changes to the Earth's atmosphere including storms, rainfall and temperature that increase or decrease global temperatures.