Climate Change and the Environment

3. process by which green plants use light to synthesize organic compounds from carbon dioxide and water.
4. dealing with the interrelationships between living organisms and their environments.
5. the conditions outside right now in a specific place
8. physical, chemical, and biological states in which a living organism or community exists.
9. area or region where a particular type of plant or animal lives and grows.
12. discharge of atmospheric electricity accompanied by a vivid flash of light.
14. Dioxide/A gas released by the burning of coal, natural gas, oil, and wood that traps heat in the atmosphere.
16. tropical storms whose winds exceed 74 mph.
18. hot or cold something is
20. footprint/The amount of carbon dioxide one human releases into the environment in a year.
21. average pattern of weather conditions over a long period of time.
22. evergreen woodland of the tropics distinguished by a continuous leaf canopy and an average rainfall of about 100 inches per year.

1. practices that result in the change of forested lands to non-forest uses.
2. fuel/Coal, oil, and natural gas, which come from the breakdown of ancient plants and animals over millions of years.
5. noticeable current of air moving in the atmosphere parallel to the Earth's surface.
6. species die out
7. closest star to Earth (149,599,000 km away on average).
10. air surrounding the Earth, described as series of layers.
11. Change/The process of our planet heating up
13. naturally occurring vent or fissure at the Earth's surface through which molten, solid, and gaseous materials erupt.
15. gas/A gaseous component of the atmosphere contributing to the greenhouse effect.
17. process in plants by which water is taken up by the roots and released as water vapor by the leaves.
19. warming/The increase in Earth’s average temperature over a long period of time.
23. chain/A sequence of organisms, each of which uses the next lower member of the sequence as a food source.