Climate Change

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  1. 4. uncontrolled fire occurring in vegetation more than 1.8 metres (6 feet) in height.
  2. 6. Synonim of a big problem
  3. 9. In the climate change space, emissions refer to greenhouse gases released into the air that are produced by numerous activities, including burning fossil fuels, industrial agriculture, and melting permafrost, to name a few.
  4. 11. is a long-term look at the Earth’s temperature, usually over the course of 30 years, on land and sea.
  5. 12. is a chemical compound that’s the main component of natural gas, a common fossil fuel source.
  6. 14. relating to or characteristic of a region.
  7. 16. Energy from the sun
  8. 17. a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.
  9. 20. is energy that comes from naturally replenished resources, such as sunlight, wind, waves, and geothermal heat.
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  1. 1. It’s an integral part of life cycles on earth, produced through animal respiration and absorbed by plants to fuel their growth, to name just two ways. Human activities are drastically altering the carbon cycle in many ways.
  2. 2. are sources of non-renewable energy, formed from the remains of living organisms that were buried millions of years ago.
  3. 3. as it relates to climate change is caused by two major factors. First, more water is released into the ocean as glaciers and land ice melts. Second, the ocean expands as ocean temperatures increase.
  4. 5. A greenhouse gas is a chemical compound found in the Earth’s atmosphere, such as carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, and other human-made gases.
  5. 7. refers to an action that will reduce or prevent greenhouse gas emissions, such as planting trees in order to absorb more CO2.
  6. 8. the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth
  7. 10. Energy that is taken from bodies of water
  8. 13. a long-term change in the average weather patterns that have come to define Earth's local, regional and global climates.
  9. 15. a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean.
  10. 18. name of a planet
  11. 19. refers to atmospheric conditions in the short term, including changes in temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, wind, and visibility.