Climate Change

6. A unit that measures a person's impact on the environment
9. Changing human behavior to reduce our environmental impact
11. Animals and plants that can no longer survive in a habitat due to climate change
12. Extreme weather events caused by climate change, such as hurricanes or floods
13. A global movement calling for urgent action on climate change
14. A gas in the atmosphere that absorbs and re-emits heat, warming the planet

1. The period of unusually hot weather, often accompanied by drought
2. Planting trees to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
3. An international treaty that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
4. A clean and renewable energy source that uses sunlight
5. The gradual increase in average global temperature primarily caused by increasing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere
7. Burning these releases carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas
8. A type of renewable energy that is used to generate electricity
9. A type of pollution caused by the burning of fossil fuels, leading to respiratory problems
10. The long-term average weather patterns that define Earth's local, regional and global climates