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Climate Change ELL
Term | Definition |
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Greenhouse effect | heat from the earth is trapped by greenhouse gases |
fossil fuels | petroleum, natural gas or coal |
greenhouse gas | molecule that traps heat in the air |
heat | warm temperature |
Carbon Dioxide | CO2; gas from burning |
atmosphere | the air |
Methane | CH4: gas from fracking and decomposition |
fracking | getting oil and natural gas out of the ground |
decomposition | breakdown of dead things |
hurricane | big storm from the ocean |
ice age | when most of the Earth was covered with ice |
sea level rise | oceans getting deeper - moving up onto land |
ocean acidification | ocean getting more acidic |
glacier | ice on land |
extreme precipitation | heavy rain |
iceberg | big pieces of ice in the ocean |
drought | no rain in an area for a long time |
evaporation | water changes from liquid to gas |