2024 Global Climate Change

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greenhouse effect

warming that results when heat from the sun is trapped by the atmosphere

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greenhouse gas

a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing heat

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trend

general direction in which something is developing or changing

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pattern

information that repeats predictably

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industrial revolution

the transformation from an agricultural to an industrial society, 1800s in the US

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effects of global climate change

rising sea level, extreme weather, droughts, and extinctions

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fossil fuel

fuels formed millions of years ago from the remains of living organisms, coal, oil, natural gas

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deforestation

removal of trees faster than forests can regrow

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renewable resource

resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed

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non renewable resource

natural resource that cannot be replaced when it is used up

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greenhouse gas examples

carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor

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weather

temperature, wind, clouds and precipitation at a day and time

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climate

average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time

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