Climate Change

2. a colorless, odorless gas produced by burning carbon and organic compounds and by respiration.
6. a colorless, odorless flammable gas which is the main constituent of natural gas.
7. a good that is produced mainly by the application of labour and capital to raw materials and other intermediate inputs.
11. a measure of the ability of a surface to reflect radiation.
16. a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation, e.g., carbon dioxide and chlorofluorocarbons
18. Natural phenomena that involve abrupt shaking and vibration of the Earth's crust caused by the release of stress accumulated along geologic faults or by ?.
20. Greenhouse gases (GHGs) such as carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane, trap heat and energy, thus preventing solar radiation from escaping back into space.

1. the action of clearing a wide area of trees.
3. Global surface temperature is responding to the greenhouse effect from greenhouse gas
4. (of a bird or an airborne object) soar without moving the wings; glide.
5. a place to dispose of refuse and other waste material by burying it and covering it over with soil, especially as a method of filling in or extending usable land.
8. the process of injecting liquid at high pressure into subterranean rocks, boreholes, etc. so as to force open existing fissures and extract oil or gas.
9. a long-term change in the average weather patterns that have come to define Earth's local, regional and global climates.
10. a colorless gas with a sweetish odor, prepared by heating ammonium nitrate.
12. an increase in the level of the world's oceans due to the effects of global warming.
13. the process or action by which one thing absorbs or is absorbed by another.
14. process by which tubing is bored through the Earth's surface and a well is
15. the action of transporting someone or something or the process of being transported.
17. Generating ? and heat by burning fossil fuels causes a large chunk of global emissions.
19. a four-wheeled road vehicle that is powered by an engine and is able to carry a small number of people.