Climate Change

3. is the process of capturing carbon dioxide produced from large point sources, such as coal-burning power plants and depositing it underground.
4. the thin layer of gases that surrounds the earth.
6. absorbs and scatters ultraviolet radiation
8. is the study of intentionally and artificially changing natural processes of the Earth.
10. contains the air we breathe and every aspect of what we call weather
12. the exploitation of a shared resource for individual benefit.
13. Temperature data prior to the 19th century is the result of or indirect measurements
14. describes the movement of water through evaporation, precipitation, runoff, and infiltration
15. uses reflective surface materials to reflect more back into space.
16. frozen seawater that floats on the ocean’s surface
18. darker areas on the sun’s surface created by intense magnetic fields.
19. strategies are designed to reduce emissions and stabilize the levels of greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere.
20. are reflective molecules that would be injected into the stratosphere.

1. are any permanent layers of ice covering a tract of land, especially in the polar regions
2. is a very dry and less dense layer above the troposphere
5. is an underwater current fueled by the mixing of warm and cold salt water
7. ones that were released by human activity.
9. weakened the greenhouse effect due to the removal of carbon dioxide and oxidation of methane
11. was a period of cooling that lasted from the 16th-19th centuries.
17. involves adjusting our lives and society to the expected future climate.