7. Climate Change

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Vocabulary flashcards about climate change.

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Weather

Short term changes in the atmosphere including temperature and precipitation.

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Climate

Determined by average weather conditions of the earth.

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Greenhouse Effect

The process where gases in the atmosphere absorb and re-emit infrared radiation, warming the Earth's surface and lower atmosphere.

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Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

The most abundant of the greenhouse gases.

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Methane (CH4)

A greenhouse gas that comes from biological sources and some fossil fuel burning activities.

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Nitrous Oxide (N2O)

A greenhouse gas that enters the atmosphere from fossil fuels and fertilizers.

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Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC)

Greenhouse gases formerly from refrigerators, cleaning solvents, and propellants.

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Rising Sea Level

An effect of global warming and climate change that causes beach and coastal wetland erosion.

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Deforestation

The action of clearing a wide area of trees.