Climate & Change Word Scramble
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Climate | the average weather of an area, determined by temperature and precipitation |
Microclimate | a small area with a different climate than the surrounding area |
El Niño | the warming of the western Pacific ocean that causes droughts in Australia and floods in South America |
Gulf Stream | a warm ocean current that flows from the equator to the North Pole, bringing warm weather to Great Brittan |
Global Warming | the gradual increase in the temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere |
Greenhouse Gases | gases in the atmosphere that absorb heat and send it back to Earth’s surface making the world warmer |
Greenhouse Effect | the trapping of heat inside the earth’s atmosphere |
Glacier | a large mass of slow moving ice; can be larger than a city and taller than a sky scrapper |
Carbon Dioxide | one of the main greenhouse gases, it is released from the burning of fossil fuels. Plants also absorb it |
Methane | one of the main greenhouse gases, it is released from livestock |
E.P.A | Environmental Protection Agency |
Compost | A mixture of decomposing organic matter, used to improve the physical properties of the soil |
Landfill | where garbage is deposited and then buried. |
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