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Climate/Human Impact
Grade 6
Term | Definition |
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Greenhouse effect | the process through which heat is trapped near Earth's surface by substances known as 'greenhouse gases' |
Global warming | the unusually rapid increase in Earth's average surface temperature over the past century |
Climate | the general weather over a long period |
Fossil Fuels | non-renewable energy sources |
Stability | a system that is unchanging |
Impact | a significant or major effect |
Human population | the whole number of inhabitants occupying an area and continually being changed by increases and losses |
Per-capita consumption | the yearly use of goods and services by each person |
Earth's systems | Earth´s interacting physical, chemical, and biological processes |
Natural resources | materials from the Earth that are used to support life and meet people's needs |
cause and effect | the direct relationship between an action or event and its consequence or result |