Climate change

3. Switching from fossil fuels to clean _______ will help reduce the effects of climate change.
6. As the Earth heats, ice melts causing ______ levels to rise.
8. Rising sea levels cause _____________ to costal regions.
9. The heating Earth means drier land making food _________ difficult to grow in some places.
10. Global warming causes __________ to melt into the ocean.
13. Greenhouse gases in the __________________ trap heat from the sun.

1. Type of energy source which does not cause climate change.
2. When gases such as CO2 in the atmosphere trap the sun's heat energy it warms the Earth, like a ______________.
4. Scientists know that the climate is changing because they measure rising ___________.
5. These types of fuel, such as oil, emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere when burned for energy.
7. Heat energy from the __________ is absorbed by the Earth, some of it escapes into space.
11. Trapped heat in the atmosphere causes the planet ____________ to heat up.
12. A type of fossil fuel.
14. This type of energy from the sun is trapped in the atmosphere by greenhouse gases.