Home
Explore
Exams
Search for anything
Login
Get started
Home
2024 BP/AP Global Climate Change
2024 BP/AP Global Climate Change
0.0
(0)
Rate it
Studied by 8 people
Learn
Practice Test
Spaced Repetition
Match
Flashcards
Card Sorting
1/16
There's no tags or description
Looks like no tags are added yet.
Study Analytics
All
Learn
Practice Test
Matching
Spaced Repetition
Name
Mastery
Learn
Test
Matching
Spaced
No study sessions yet.
17 Terms
View all (17)
Star these 17
1
New cards
greenhouse effect
warming that results when heat from the sun is trapped by the atmosphere
2
New cards
greenhouse gas
a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing heat
3
New cards
trend
general direction in which something is developing or changing
4
New cards
pattern
information that repeats predictably
5
New cards
industrial revolution
the transformation from an agricultural to an industrial society, 1800s in the US
6
New cards
effects of global climate change
rising sea level, extreme weather, droughts, and extinctions
7
New cards
fossil fuel
fuels formed millions of years ago from the remains of living organisms, coal, oil, natural gas
8
New cards
deforestation
removal of trees faster than forests can regrow
9
New cards
renewable resource
resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed
10
New cards
non renewable resource
natural resource that cannot be replaced when it is used up
11
New cards
greenhouse gas examples
carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor
12
New cards
weather
temperature, wind, clouds and precipitation at a day and time
13
New cards
climate
average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time
14
New cards
geothermal energy
pipes air down into the ground to capture or release heat
15
New cards
hydroelectric energy
electrical energy produced by the flow of water
16
New cards
carbon sequestration
method of storing carbon emissions to prevent their release into the atmosphere
17
New cards
carbon cycle
movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back
Explore top notes
Neural Control and Coordination
Updated 627d ago
Note
Preview
AP World History - Unit 4: Transoceanic Interconnections
Updated 812d ago
Note
Preview
Ch 28 - The Economic and Sustainable Development
Updated 810d ago
Note
Preview
9th Grade Cellular reproduction
Updated 1094d ago
Note
Preview
Chapter 10:Acids and Bases
Updated 995d ago
Note
Preview
Ch 2- Hardware and software
Updated 815d ago
Note
Preview
Chapter 31: General Principles of Forensic Toxicology
Updated 811d ago
Note
Preview
APWH NOTES
Updated 410d ago
Note
Preview
Explore top flashcards
History Unit 26
Updated 835d ago
Flashcards (30)
Preview
J-Hawk Operations: Academics
Updated 474d ago
Flashcards (21)
Preview
Polyatomic Ions
Updated 871d ago
Flashcards (24)
Preview
Nahmod 4-6 week / no image
Updated 467d ago
Flashcards (30)
Preview
Карточки Культура Казахстана в 20-30 гг. Образование и наука | Quizlet
Updated 256d ago
Flashcards (24)
Preview
Ap Psych Unit 1 Vocab
Updated 498d ago
Flashcards (68)
Preview
Unit 4 Scientists, Vocab, & Molecular/covalent compound prefixes
Updated 872d ago
Flashcards (49)
Preview
Biology paper 1 AQA GCSE
Updated 46d ago
Flashcards (118)
Preview