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A drought is a period of unusually persistent dry weather that persists long enough to cause serious problems such as crop damage and/or water supply shortages.
What is DROUGHT?
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Carbon Dioxide
What rises and causes climate change? What is a test?
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Fossil fuels are natural substances made deep within the Earth from the remains of ancient plants and animals. Coal, oil, and natural gas are the three main fossil fuels.
What are Fossil Fuels?
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rain, drizzle, snow, hail
Name 3 forms of precipitation
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Any gas that absorbs infrared radiation in the atmosphere.
What is GREENHOUSE GASES?
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Atmospheric temperature
Global warming is blamed on the gradual increase of Earth's _________________?
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It describes the average weather conditions in a certain place or during a certain season.
What is Climate?
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Wind power
Geothermal energy Solar Power Hydroelectricity Biofuels
Name 3 clean energy sources?
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Trapping and build-up of heat in the atmosphere near the Earth’s surface.
What is GREENHOUSE EFFECT?
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Sea ice is melting and habitats are changing as temperatures across the artic rise.
What is happening in the Arctic?
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Any of all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the atmosphere and reach the ground.
What is Precipitation?
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Drought, Extreme Heat, Tornado, Cyclone, Hurricane
Earthquake, Tsunami, Volcano, Wild Fire Winter storm and extreme cold Landslide, mudslide, Thunderstorm and lightning Flood and landslide
Name 4 natural disasters?
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The total amount of greenhouse gases produced to directly and indirectly support human activities, usually expressed in equivalent tons of carbon dioxide (CO2).
What is CARBON FOOTPRINT?
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The coasts will flood and people will have to move
What effect will rising sea levels have on human populations that live near coastlines?
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Smoke and Fog
What is Smog?
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Ice cores
tree rings glaciers direct sampling
Name two ways scientists study Earth's past climate
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Global warming is an average increase in the temperature of the atmosphere near the Earth's surface, which can contribute to changes in global climate patterns.
What is GLOBAL WARMING?
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Every 3 to 7 years.
How often does El Niño happen?
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A layer of gases surrounding a planet
What is Atmosphere?
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Rising sea levels
Impacts on agriculture Impacts of ecosystems Impacts on human, plant and animals
What are 4 main global impacts of climate change?
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